Hi Rich Well I had a thaught about it and I think that what could suit me best would probabbly be the mini root.
So here are a few more questions: 1) is the mini root tarball just a xz compressed tarball of / ? 2) how would I use the openwrt second stage boot loader to boot from a usb drive with the mini root on it ? 3) I see in the help that there is a bootusb (or usbboot or something to that meaning anyway) command: the help on it is not very helpfull so how would I use that to boot from mini root on usb drive ? 4) You mentioned just renaming kernel and initrd: is that part of what needs to be done to boot from usb ? 5) Are the slackware kirkwood kernel and initrd good for the dockstar or do they need to be recompiled/remade ? I hav experience on zaurus and know that kernels for c860 and c1000 are incompatible although the hardware difference is minimal. I like the installer to but for differente reasons ;-) I'm an olt time slackware user on x86 so reconfiguring system is not a problem for me but getting slackware on an unsupported patform on which I've not much experience is a different story :-D. Thanx in advance David --- Lun 14/3/11, Rich <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Da: Rich <[email protected]> > Oggetto: Re: [ARMedslack] Hello > A: [email protected] > Data: Lunedì 14 marzo 2011, 01:21 > David, > > There are of few of us running armslack on dockstars, but I > don't think > its officially support (yet). I have not > heard of anyone installing > the armedslack to the on-board flash. There are three > ways that I > manage to get armedslack installed on my dockstar using a > usb drive. > > 1) Running the slack installer using tfpt using a serial > cable by > following these instructions, either for 13.1 or current: > > ftp://ftp.armedslack.org/armedslack/armedslack-13.1/INSTALL_KIRKWOOD.TXT > > ftp://ftp.armedslack.org/armedslack/armedslack-current/INSTALL_KIRKWOOD.TXT > > 2) Loading the mini root file system onto a usb > drive. I didn't change > root, but rather renamed both the kernel and initrd to > uImage and > uInitrd and rebooted. > > 3) Running the slack installer using ssh. See this > mail list thread, > but read through the complete thread > http://lists.armedslack.org/2011-January/000703.html > > I like the installer because it goes thought setting up the > network, > root password, clock, but it's slow. I use both Jeff > Doozan's uboot > (http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/uboot/) and > his rescue system > (http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?4,3896) on my > dockstar. I like the > uboot because it all set up to boot off of usb drives and > there is a > uboot environment variable that you can use to pass boot > options like > the ones needed in installer method of #3 above. The > rescue system get > installed on the on-board flash and will boot if > there are no bootable usb. > Hope you find this helpful > > Rich > > > > On 03/13/2011 01:13 AM, Davide wrote: > > Hi, > > my name is David and I'm new here so please forgive me > if I ask odd questions in odd places. > > > > I got a second hand seagate dockstar that was sold to > me in a semi bricked state: u-boot still works but kernel > image is inconsistent so it no longer boots. > > On 03/13/2011 01:13 AM, Davide wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> my name is David and I'm new here so please > forgive me if I ask odd questions in odd places. > >> > >> I got a second hand seagate dockstar that was sold > to me in a semi bricked state: u-boot still works but kernel > image is inconsistent so it no longer boots. > >> > >> I used a modified nokia dku-5 cabkle to fiddle > with u-boot and install openwrt on it to check out that > everything else is working and so far so good but having > used x86 slackware for years I'd rather have slackware on my > dockstar if I can choose. > >> > >> I'm wondering if the seagate dockstar is amongst > the fully supported devices ? > >> If it is then is the onboard flash used for > storing boot loader, kernel and initrd and then the rest > should go on mass storage (USB HDU/stick) ? > >> Also is there support for using the onboard 256 Mb > flash itself as target for the root filesystem (using jffs2 > or some other flash tuned filesystem) ? > >> > >> If it is not then my plan is to use the miniroot > via chroot on a usb stick and try to use that to make a > permanent installation on my dockstar. > >> Maybe I could use the already installed openwrt as > an initrd itself. > >> Will this be possible or will I run into some > unthoughtful problem ? > >> > >> Best regards > >> David > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ARMedslack mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > >> > >> > > I used a modified nokia dku-5 cabkle to fiddle with > u-boot and install openwrt on it to check out that > everything else is working and so far so good but having > used x86 slackware for years I'd rather have slackware on my > dockstar if I can choose. > > > > I'm wondering if the seagate dockstar is amongst the > fully supported devices ? > > If it is then is the onboard flash used for storing > boot loader, kernel and initrd and then the rest should go > on mass storage (USB HDU/stick) ? > > Also is there support for using the onboard 256 Mb > flash itself as target for the root filesystem (using jffs2 > or some other flash tuned filesystem) ? > > > > If it is not then my plan is to use the miniroot via > chroot on a usb stick and try to use that to make a > permanent installation on my dockstar. > > Maybe I could use the already installed openwrt as an > initrd itself. > > Will this be possible or will I run into some > unthoughtful problem ? > > > > Best regards > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ARMedslack mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ARMedslack mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack > _______________________________________________ ARMedslack mailing list [email protected] http://lists.armedslack.org/mailman/listinfo/armedslack
