Well, I am gonna go ahead and go with "arch linux" and see if I can get that working. It will be more work overall, and less of what I am familiar with, but it was a few pluses: -learn something new -nothing is more lightweight or faster (except gentoo) -it is optimized and has compile flags for i686 and pentium M, which should be a performance boost
I just started the install, but I got it working with the following kexec: # kexec --load vmlinuz26 --initrd=archiso.img --command-line="initrd=/boot/archiso.img archisolabel=ARCH_201005 tmpfs_size=75% locale=e nosplash vesa video=vesafb" setup_linux_vesafb: 1920x1200x32 @ 10040000 +1000000 # kexec -e ~Dave On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Dylan Vassallo <dylanvassa...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've searched the mailing list and tried a whole bunch of things, but I've > still only been able to boot the Desktop version. An idea, though: after > doing a standard desktop installation, we could run "sudo tasksel" to remove > the ubuntu-desktop and other software package groups that we don't want, > leaving us with a minimal system. The only sticking point is that I'm not > 100% sure that we can find a kexec to boot this minimal system, although I > think it should work. > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Dave Noble <david.noble...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I would also like to know this exact info, specifically for the >> netboot. I CANNOT figure out the kexec command... >> >> On Sep 10, 6:09 pm, Dylan Vassallo <dylanvassa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > First of all, I must say that I am very impressed with and grateful >> > for the quality of the atv-bootloader project's code and >> > documentation. Installing Linux to my Apple TV has turned out to be >> > quite fun :) >> > >> > I am wondering if anyone has been able to boot the Server or netboot >> > versions of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. I was able to install the >> > standard desktop version, but it consumes almost all of my ATV's >> > memory and is unnecessary for my purposes (I am not interested in >> > running MythTV, rather, I want to use my ATV as a quiet, low-power, >> > always-on network server, and a text-based command-line interface is >> > preferable for that). I can't seem to figure out the correct kexec >> > parameters for booting either of these versions (yes, I have read up >> > on how to use kexec and why certain keywords are needed for getting >> > proper graphics). My only guess is that because these versions of >> > Ubuntu don't use casper, the instructions for booting a Gutsy Live CD >> > (http://code.google.com/p/atv-bootloader/wiki/ >> > BootingLiveCD#Ubuntu_7.10_Gutsy) aren't applicable. FWIW I also >> > haven't been able to boot the Alternate version, although that isn't >> > what I want to install. >> > >> > With regard to the netboot version, K. Vargas posted earlier saying >> > that he was able to boot the Lucid netboot installer by creating a >> > hybrid of the Lucid initrd and the Karmic vmlinuz. If anyone could >> > give me the general idea of how one would go about creating such a >> > hybrid, it would be much appreciated as an alternative to getting the >> > Server version to boot. >> > >> > Thanks in advance for any assistance :) I'm hoping to have my server >> > go live within a week before I start school again. >> >> -- >> To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en >> > > -- > To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -- To post to this group, send email to atv-bootloader@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en
