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astrofos
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:49 am 
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Hello I am trying to revive my Efika and setup debian linux.

My efika has attached:
*) hard disk
*) serial cable
*) ethernet cable

It does not have a video card. I am using minicom to operate the board and TFTP to boot the kernel.
Code:
boot eth:192.168.178.21 di_efika console=ttyPSC0
After the debian installer finishes successfully I try to boot with the following command:
Code:
boot eth:192.168.178.21 kernel_efika root=/dev/sda2 console=ttyPSC0
then I get to this point:
Code:
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
Starting system log daemon: syslogd.
Starting kernel log daemon: klogd.
Starting portmap daemon...Already running..
Starting MTA: exim4.
Starting internet superserver: inetd.
Starting NFS common utilities: statd.
Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd.
Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.
after wich nothing happens.
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markos
PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:52 am 
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Hello I am trying to revive my Efika and setup debian linux.

My efika has attached:
*) hard disk
*) serial cable
*) ethernet cable

It does not have a video card. I am using minicom to operate the board and TFTP to boot the kernel.
Code:
boot eth:192.168.178.21 di_efika console=ttyPSC0
After the debian installer finishes successfully I try to boot with the following command:
Code:
boot eth:192.168.178.21 kernel_efika root=/dev/sda2 console=ttyPSC0
then I get to this point:
Code:
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
Starting system log daemon: syslogd.
Starting kernel log daemon: klogd.
Starting portmap daemon...Already running..
Starting MTA: exim4.
Starting internet superserver: inetd.
Starting NFS common utilities: statd.
Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd.
Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.
after wich nothing happens.
do you by any chance have mingetty or fbgetty or sth similar installed? In order to be able to login to your system from a serial console mgetty or agetty is required. Apart from that, the system seems to boot fine and I can't think of another reason.

Konstantinos
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astrofos
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:08 am 
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Hi markos
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do you by any chance have mingetty or fbgetty or sth similar installed? In order to be able to login to your system from a serial console mgetty or agetty is required.
I just followed all the steps from the debian installer. I haven't done anything manually. This is the second time I am trying debian and I recall that this also happened and the first time. If I remember correctly then, I was told to use a video card because it was loading X by default? The problem is that now I don't have a compatible video card available.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:24 am 
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Hi markos
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do you by any chance have mingetty or fbgetty or sth similar installed? In order to be able to login to your system from a serial console mgetty or agetty is required.
I just followed all the steps from the debian installer. I haven't done anything manually. This is the second time I am trying debian and I recall that this also happened and the first time. If I remember correctly then, I was told to use a video card because it was loading X by default? The problem is that now I don't have a compatible video card available.
Well, you could boot with "init=/bin/sh" option in the OF boot arguments, get access to the system and thus change/set the getty, stop X, etc. and then restart to a properly configured system. I've done it many times in similar situations.

Konstantinos
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:46 am 
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Well, you could boot with "init=/bin/sh" option in the OF boot arguments, get access to the system and thus change/set the getty, stop X, etc. and then restart to a properly configured system.
That almost worked, I got access to a shell although with read only access to files. What do I have to do to get write access?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:56 am 
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Well, you could boot with "init=/bin/sh" option in the OF boot arguments, get access to the system and thus change/set the getty, stop X, etc. and then restart to a properly configured system.
That almost worked, I got access to a shell although with read only access to files. What do I have to do to get write access?
mount -o rw,remount /
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:49 am 
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thank you! my efika now works perfectly :D
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