[Soekris] Installing Pyramid on a Net4826

[Frederico Marques]

Hi ken,

Thanks, I already patched /boot/grub/grub-script to rev 44. Nice work.

--fred

--On September 7, 2006 12:07:34 PM -0700 Ken <ken at ipl31.net> wrote:

> 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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