[Soekris] Installing Pyramid on a Net4826

[Ken]

On 9/7/06, Frederico Marques <frederico at marques.cx> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Check if you have this file:
>
> /mnt/sbin/grub-setup.sh
>
> chroot /mnt ; /sbin/grub-setup.sh

This is only b2 not b1 but as mentioned there is a bug in the grub
script where it attempts to setup hd0,0 instead of hd0.

You can see the fix between these two revisions:

http://pyramid.metrix.net/trac/browser/Pyramid/dist/lib/grub/i386-pc/grub-script?rev=43

http://pyramid.metrix.net/trac/browser/Pyramid/dist/lib/grub/i386-pc/grub-script?rev=44

-Ken

>
> In case you don't have it:
>
> pyramid:/sbin# cat grub-setup.sh
> #This is a script to setup grub during PXE boot of Soekris 4XXX device
> #It creates some required devices for the initial boot and installs grub
> cd /dev
> mknod console c 5 1
> mknod tty0 c 4 0
> mknod hda b 3 0
> mknod hda1 b 3 1
> cat /boot/grub/grub-script | /sbin/grub
>
> Hope it works for you,
>
> --fred
>
> --On September 7, 2006 9:30:25 AM -0500 Mark Nichols
> <mnichols at spanalytics.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I know of the site (and a few others) which got me to this point;
> > which took a while as I am not a whiz with embedded  Linux, or Linux in
> > general.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Thu Sep  7  8:25 , "Vacio"  sent:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In case you haven't seen
> >> this, the metrix site has a pretty good discussion on installing pyramid
> >> and OS  sourcedownloads that have been tested on 4826s.
> >>
> >> http://pyramid.metrix.net/trac/
> >>
> >> Good
> >> luck,
> >>
> >> /Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> >>  soekris-tech-bounces at lists.soekris.com
> >>  [mailto:soekris-tech-bounces at lists.soekris.com]On Behalf Of Mark
> >>  Nichols
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:49 AM
> >> To:
> >>  soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Soekris] Installing
> >>  Pyramid on a Net4826
> >>
> >>
> >>  Derrik & Ron,
> >>  Thanks for the responses--they are on target with what I was asking,
> >>  but:
> >>  I chroot to /mnt. Then: sh_3.00#:grub_install '(hd0)'
> >>  I get back:
> >>  sh_3.00#:tempnam: No such file or directory
> >>  sh_3.00#:/sbin/grub_install: line 386: $log_file: ambiguous redirect
> >>  And I have to CTRL-C to get the prompt back. So, is grub-install
> >>  looking for a particular file (say in the /boot or /boot/grub
> >>  directory), or a  partition, which maybe I don't have?
> >>  Thanks again,
> >>
> >> Mark Nichols
> >> Signal Processing Analytics
> >> (804)
> >>  364-1050
> >> www.spanalytics.com
> >>
> >> On Thu Sep 7 6:32 , Derrik Pates
> >>  sent:
> >>
> >>
> >>  Mark
> >>    Nichols wrote:
> >>> I am trying to install
> >>    Pebble/Pyramid onto the boards. I have tftp,
> >>> dhcp, and httpd running on a host PC. I can wget
> >>    the .tar or .img file
> >>> after
> >>    PXELINUX booting. I fdisk /dev/hda, then mkfs.ext2 and mount
> >>> /dev/hda1 to /mnt. I wget the tarball to /mnt,
> >>    and untar. What's
> >>> next? If I
> >>    reboot at this point, the board hangs unless I go to console
> >>> mode (CTRL-P). I'm missing something (probably
> >>    simple) on getting the
> >>> board to
> >>    see grub and boot from the flash.
> >>
> >> The BIOS doesn't know
> >>    anything about partitions or filesystems, so you
> >> have to install the GRUB
> >>    first-stage loader to the MBR of your disk/CF
> >> card. Probably your best
> >>    bet is to chroot into the newly-created root
> >> filesystem after extracting
> >>    the tarball, and run "grub-install '(hd0)'".
> >> Upon reboot, you should then
> >>    be launched into GRUB; if there's a
> >> menu.lst file in /boot/grub, it will
> >>    load that and present you with a
> >> menu as usual.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Derrik
> >>    Pates
> >> javascript:top.opencompose('demon at devrandom.net','','','')
> >>
> >>
> >
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Ken Caruso
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