Thanks, Darrick. I've downloaded them and, in the spare time my 11 month
old daughter allows me, I'll look into them.
On Feb 18, 2008 1:31 AM, Darrick Hartman (lists) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Tom Lynn wrote:
> > Darrick,
> > I don't do my own builds. My priority is to get some experience with
> > asterisk 1.4. I feel that staying with AstLinux in its' current state
> > is holding me back from progressing in my knowledge of Asterisk. The
> > thing that's held me so far is the embedded architecture and the ease
> > with which I'm able to use AstLinux as my home router.
> >
> > I'm not as interested in the runnix aspects of the project, although I
> > do agree we need something that's easier to upgrade. If I had a vote,
> > it would be to deliver 1.4 sooner than later in an official release.
> > With or without runnix.
>
> Tom,
>
> I uploaded a few new images a little while ago based on what's in trunk.
> I've been using these images in production at several locations
> without any issues. These are runnix based images. I need to clean up
> the documentation on the www.astlinux.org page, but for now, you can
> follow these steps.
>
> Go to my unofficial image site:
>
> http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux/
>
> Download one of the two following files depending on your target device.
>
> For generic pc's with a monitor and keyboard attached:
>
> http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux/runnix.img.gz
>
> For devices that you wish to use a serial console:
>
> http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux/runnix-serial.img.gz
>
> Then dd these files to a compact flash the same way used to install the
> older Astlinux files. This will create an initial vfat partition with
> the runnix files which is what you need to get started using these new
> images.
>
> Next, you'll need the appropriate image files. I have these available
> for generic pc's (geni586) and net5501 right now. I'll be uploading
> images for VIA C3 based systems and net4801 in the morning. I'd
> recommend using the svn 1586 images as they are the newest and contain
> several updates including Asterisk 1.4.18.
>
> For example, if you were doing a generic PC, grab this file:
>
> http://www.djhsolutions.com/astlinux/astlinux-trunk-1586-geni586.tar.gz
>
> and optionally, the sha1 file to verify the download was successful.
>
> These latest images contain full support for mISDN, Sangoma, Rhino and
> Digium hardware. They also have the core sounds and music on hold files
> as gsm, ulaw and g729.
>
> You'll need to tar and gunzip the file, then copy the contents to the
> 'os' directory on the runnix partition (which is formatted vfat so you
> can even do this on a Windows machine). You will need to edit the .conf
> file to designate your key disk location and add an option for your
> unionfs partition. On all new installs, I've been forgoing the key disk
> in favor of only a unionfs partition. Since upgrading is as simple as
> dropping new files into the 'os' directory, you never need to worry
> about wiping out your key disk (or unionfs) partition(s) when you upgrade.
>
> With unionfs, you don't need to worry about putting the system into
> read-write mode. Unionfs just does the right thing. There's a genunion
> script which will set everything up for you. ( genunion /dev/partition
> ). It even tells you how to modify the cmdline in the .conf file to
> make sure everything works at boot.
>
> I'm working on a script that will move the contents of an existing key
> disk to unionfs, but that's not done yet.
>
> Hopefully this info is useful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Darrick
>
> --
> Darrick Hartman
> DJH Solutions, LLC
> http://www.djhsolutions.com
>
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