Re: [atv-bootloader] Re: Ubuntu 10.04: success with Server or netboot versions?

[Robert Baptista]

Once you install using the desktop version you should be able to remove the ubuntu-desktop without a problem. I use the desktop installer cd with a preseed file for xubuntu to get a minimal install. I was trying to track down the installer problem with 10.04 alternate/hdimage boot cd, but ran into a couple of things it could have been. The most promising one was some video stuff being removed from the text installer. I'm deducing that the kexec was executing properly, since I would get flash drive access lights as if it was loading the installer and using the keyboard (blind) would kick off more activity like selecting options in the installer. Robert On 11/8/2010 2:29 PM, Dylan Vassallo 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