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simone
 Post subject: efika os installation
PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:38 pm 
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i boot the efika with:
boot hd0:0 DI_EFIKA
my2,5 hd ha no partitions.
the hd0 is an usb pendrive.
it load the kernet and than write:
"returning from prom_init"
no more.

the boot seem to continue, the usb disk flash for a while.

i tried aros ppc, i got the same with my firegl1000 pro.
with a tnt2 it continue to boot and turn down the monitor.

is it the frame buffer?

what vga should i use?
is really the vga the problem?

my firegl1000 work on my pegasos2...

thanks
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ironfist
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:54 pm 
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Add the same boot argument for video=XXXXX:1024x768 as you used
with that card on your Pegasos.
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simone
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 3:51 pm 
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Add the same boot argument for video=XXXXX:1024x768 as you used
with that card on your Pegasos.
i don't use any boot argument on Pegasos.
but maybe i have understood:
this is the config file of the kernel:

CONFIG_FB_OF=y
CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_FB_ATY128=y
CONFIG_FB_SIS_300=y
CONFIG_FB_SIS_315=y
CONFIG_FB_3DFX=y
CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1=y

none of my card is supported. i will get a new one.
meanwhile: can i force the installer to overpass the frame baffer? or can i make the installation by remote ssh session?
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fman
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:50 am 
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Looks like my Matrox card isn't supported either. Ideally I'd like to be able to install from the serial console and use this as a headless machine.

I've tried the usual options of console=ttyS0,115200 etc but I'm suspecting it dosn't have this compiled into the kernel.

Any chance of an updated DI_EFIKA with a few extras enabled?

Francois
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beelze
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:23 pm 
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Console is ttyPSC0

It's in the last paragraph of the EFIKA Readme Howto at http://www.efika.info
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PurpleAlien
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:38 pm 
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Hi.
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Ideally I'd like to be able to install from the serial console and use this as a headless machine.
Thats exactly what I did.
The Serial console is ttyPSC0, which you give as an option to the kernel.
After installation, when you boot, you might want to stay in runlevel 1. When entering runlevel two, the output to the serial console stopped.
Anyway, what I did was install sshd in runlevel one (by passing init 1 to the kernel), and after that reboot and use ssh to do the rest...

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fman
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:51 pm 
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Thanks for pointing this out :) Will be installing Debian tonight then! Had to wait a few days as I was out of the country!

Cheers F
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And, send us some pictures from New Zealand Francios as we want to blog about it...;-)

R&B :)

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Mind of Illusion
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For information, if you use a cdrom with an IDE to USB adapter, it must work (it work for me, with a slim cdrom, an adaptator to standard IDE and then, an adaptator to USB).
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stellae
PostPosted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:35 am 
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Hi all,

I've set up my EFIKA system using the serial port and my MAC (iBook G4 through an FTDI chip based USB <=> serial adapter and ZTerm as terminal emulator).

Here is a screenshot.

In order to use the serial console in all runlevels in debian I suggest you simply change the settings in /etc/inittab.

default:
Code:
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
will become (assuming that you want to see the login shell through ttyPSC0 in runlevel 2):
Code:
# Note that on most Debian systems tty7 is used by the X Window System,
# so if you want to add more getty's go ahead but skip tty7 if you run X.
#
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyPSC0
3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
but before editing this file you must boot in runlevel 1 with the method PurpleAlien explained.
Code:
boot hd0:0 kernel_efika root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyPSC0 init 1
and boot again after modifications with:
Code:
boot hd0:0 kernel_efika root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyPSC0

...

Activating swapfile swap...done.
Setting up networking....
Configuring network interfaces...done.
Starting portmap daemon....
Setting console screen modes and fonts.
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.

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 tiny ttyPSC0

tiny login:
with kind regards,

Noël
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