Ubuntu Live Remix DVD now in stock at AmigaKit

[mechanic]

How do you access the pdf install documention on the DVD without having to boot into Linux from the DVD.

Perhaps boot the DVD then insert a USB stick and copy the PDF to that. (?)

[JurassicC]

Perhaps boot the DVD then insert a USB stick and copy the PDF to that. (?)

Thats what I had to do in the end.

The install instructions point you to things that don't exist yet EG:- download vmlinux kernel 3.10.15 from A-EON App store, but I don't think thats up and running yet.

I found this in a thread over on amigaworld.net

http://www.xenosoft.de/kernel-3.10.15-1 ... 64.tar.bz2

Is that the right one ?

or will the dvd one, (/casper/powerpc64/vmlinux), do ?

[danbeaver]

Perhaps the information you seek is in the downloadable PDF for Debian (on A-Eon's website); as I recall, to boot from an external USB drive, it has to be on the primary port, the one that the keyboard is connected to; but a hub here can cause problems.

[mechanic]

The install instructions point you to things that don't exist yet EG:- download vmlinux kernel 3.10.15 from A-EON App store, but I don't think thats up and running yet.
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or will the dvd one, (/casper/powerpc64/vmlinux), do ?

Now I'm confused.

I thought you could do an install to a HD directly from the DVD once it was booted
and running.(?) In which case you would use the kernel on the DVD.

No

[xeno74]

EDIT: added by Trevor

This step should not be required for the Live Ubuntu DVD, but was required for earlier Ubuntu installations.

Christian wrote:

Just for info: If you have installed Ubuntu from the DVD then you have to add your user to the group "audio" and "video". That's very important for the sound and 3D acceleration.

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sudo usermod -aG audio your username

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sudo usermod -aG video your username

After that you have to reboot your A1-X1000.

Have a lot of fun with the Ubuntu Live Remix distribution.

Christian

[JurassicC]

I thought you could do an install to a HD directly from the DVD once it was booted
and running.(?) In which case you would use the kernel on the DVD.

No

You can install onto a harddrive. I have done that to a spare drive on sata4
Step two of the instructions say download the Kernel 3.10.15 from A-EON App Store and copy it onto a CF Card or USBStick.
The Instructions say nothing about using the kernel off the DVD which what I thought you would do and thats why I was getting confused.
The instructions dont mention how you get the Kernel onto a CF card, thats immediatly not recognised by the X1000, without having to use another computer.
My liveDVD wouldn`t even boot with my CF Card formatted as FAT32 I had to take it out mod to FAT using windows Disk Management.
None of this is mentioned in the instructions. For a non-free product thats been aimed at a linux on an Amiga newbie it needs a lot more work on the documentation.

Just for info: If you have installed Ubuntu from the DVD then you have to add your user to the group "audio" and "video". That's very important for the sound and 3D acceleration.

Code: Select all

sudo usermod -aG audio your username

Code: Select all

sudo usermod -aG video your username

After that you have to reboot your A1-X1000.

Have a lot of fun with the Ubuntu Live Remix distribution.

Christian

Why isn't this in the installation instructions ? The Task bar on the side has no icon for opening a shell. I've also been unable to find one in the distro sofar.
How do you open the shell to type in the above ?

Well this post has been done under Linux so at least thats good

[nbache]

Why isn't this in the installation instructions ? The Task bar on the side has no icon for opening a shell. I've also been unable to find one in the distro sofar.
How do you open the shell to type in the above ?

Yeah, that's a major blunder in Ubuntu. The secret is <ssshhh!>: Ctrl Alt T .

Best regards,

Niels

[JurassicC]

Yeah, that's a major blunder in Ubuntu. The secret is <ssshhh!>: Ctrl Alt T .

Best regards,

Niels

Niels, Thanks for the tip but that doesn't work here.
I did find a way, which is to open dash and search for 'terminal' and drag the icon to the task bar to make it sticky.

[nbache]

Niels, Thanks for the tip but that doesn't work here.

Oh, that's strange. Maybe they changed it once more.

I did find a way, which is to open dash and search for 'terminal' and drag the icon to the task bar to make it sticky.

Sounds like a better alternative anyway, then one doesn't have to remember any strange keycombos or other voodoo.

Best regards,

Niels

[lucaricossa]

Hi everybody. I'm back with some questions. I could install from the live-cd onto an external HD. Then I cold-reboot, from the menu I hit "F" and get the CFE propmt. I type the commandlines :

setenv bootargs "root=/dev/sdc1 quiet ro splash"

then

boot -elf -noints -fatfs cf0:vmlinux-3.14-rc1

It starts to load the kernel, then stops after some 10 seconds and nothing happens. sdc1 is the device name I get during the installation.
If I try to boot without the externalHD, I go up to the 2 penguins...
I put the HD in the USB connector after I am in CFE, and it recognizes it.

I am surely doing something wrong...