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Can you PXE boot this device?<BR>
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I know it can be a pain to set up, but I am quite sure that fedora supports a network install from a pxe boot image.<BR>
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On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 15:44 -0400, kyle victor wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">ok after doing some digging i can not boot this device from usb</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">only floppy or Hard drive</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">so i broke down and bought a PCMCIA floppy of ebay for this device today</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">as soon as i have it i will do a network install, should be all it needs</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">the bummer is i will not get the drive in time to win the bet</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">i know i will get Core 3 to run on this thing, but not by May 1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">going to lose a bet to a winders admin</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On 4/27/06, kyle victor <<A HREF="mailto:computerguy.kyle@gmail.com">computerguy.kyle@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> the device does not have a usb, but the docking station does, i will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> look to see if i can boot usb, but i am not sure if the BIOS will let</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> me, i will look</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> but thanks for the manual ramdisk config idea, i will dig into it</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On 4/27/06, Rick Vargo <<A HREF="mailto:rick@vargo.org">rick@vargo.org</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > It is likely the ramdisk is causing the kernel panic. It is probably</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > trying to load something not present at boot. Try creating the ram disk</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > by hand on your setup machine(mkinitrd or mkinitramfs depending on</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > kernel, distro, etc) with only basic drivers (see man pages for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > details). Does this machine have a USB port? If so, you may want to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > make a thumb drive boot disk and then do a network install... It may be</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > easier.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > Rick</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 11:56 -0400, kyle victor wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > ok closer</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > i pulled the drive back out, and put it into the laptop i did the install from</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > i was able to force the i586 kernel and the i386 glibc rpms</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > then put the drive back into the libretto</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > i get beyond the point it had been rebooting at, (the ram disk init)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > but now i get a panic</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > i have tried to pass the ide=reverse as a boot option after doing some</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > google work</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > about 4 to 8 lines scroll off the top of the screen so i do not know</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > what they say, but the lines i can read are following:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > ds: 007b es: 007b ss:0068</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Process init (pid: 1, threadinfo=C106F00 TASK-C1073730)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Stack: c30459f8 c3044a44 c3045900 000001a4 c3045a5c c1f82200 00000000 00000000</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > c3043c62 c114ec00 c1f82200 c1ed1400 c307ccde c1eef940</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > c1f82400 00000000</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > c307c5a0 00000001 c106fe9c c1f83610 c1f83600 00000001</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > 00000000 00000000</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > Call Trace:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c3043c62>] journal_flush+0x3ac/0x66f [jbd]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c307ccde>] ext3_mark_recorvery_complete+0x21/0x59 [ext3]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c307c5a0>] ext3_fill_super+0x874/0x968 [ext3]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c016f7e4>] get_sb_bdev+0xe0/0x11c</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c01c93fb>] selinux_sb_copy_data+0x33/0x157</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c307d4b1>] ext_get_sb+0xe/0x11 [ext3]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c307bd2c>] ext3_fill_super+0x0/0x968 [ext3]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c016f9ad>] do_kern_mount+0x8a/0x13a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c018b440>] do_new_mount+0x61/0x90</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c018bf99>] do_mount+0x16a/0x182</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c01491c9>] __alloc_pages+0xb3/0x295</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c01e0de6>] direct_strncpy_from_user+0x3e/0x5d</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c018c474>] sys_mount+0x121/0x1f9</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > [<c030bf47>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > code: 83 78 01 00 00 00 00 00 85 f6 75 29 68 5c 04 c3 68 a4 01 00 00 68 00</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > 59 04 c3 68 44 4a 04 c3 68 f8 59 04 c3 e8 4c 13 0e fd <0f> 0b a4 01</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > 00 59 04 c3</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > 83 c4 14 39 bb 90 01 00 00 75 68 81 7b</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempting to kill init!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > beside ide=reverse i have tried</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > boot options</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > apm=off acpi=off ide=nodma nousb nopsmcia noapic nofb</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > ></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > > any ideas?</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> --</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Kyle Victor MCSA/MCSE/Linux +/RHCT</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> visit Kyle's website at:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> <A HREF="http://computerguykyle.gotdns.com">http://computerguykyle.gotdns.com</A></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">--</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Kyle Victor MCSA/MCSE/Linux +/RHCT</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">visit Kyle's website at:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://computerguykyle.gotdns.com">http://computerguykyle.gotdns.com</A></FONT>
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