If you decide to follow in my footsteps and go with Arch Linux, make sure you attemtp to install the bootloader/grub. If you skip it, then the boot hangs on the 3rd partition for some reason, so you have to attempt to install the bootloader at time of install, and it will fail, but that fixes the problem for whatever reason. I attempted to install it in two places "sda" and "sda4", "sda" is the root of the whole drive, and "sda4" was my boot partition, but even if you go without a boot partition, attempt to do it for your root partition. I am not sure whether it was "sda" or "sda4" that fixed it, but one of them did. Do not worry about it saying that it failed the grub install, because it will still fix your problem.
~Dave On Nov 8, 5:35 pm, "David S. Noble, Jr." <david.noble...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
