Thing is that I'm having this issue booting from cd, usb or sd ... ;) On 23 September 2011 19:31, John Novack <jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org> wrote: > Curious. I can't offer much help, other than either the method used to > install the img file is flawed, or the flash is defective. Is it really an > "sd" card? > I use a simple method to do my installs. > I boot the machine with a USB flash with DSL ( Damn Small Linux ) clear the > partition table on the CF or DOM flash card ( may not even be necessary ) > then use "dd" to install the image from my USB flash to the target. > Once that is finished, I reboot without the USB and finish the installation > > Only time I have a problem is when the target flash is defective in some way. > I mainly use HP thin Clients, 55xx and 57xx series I have obtained used off > eBay. Older ones that have DOM smaller than 128 M have to have their DOM > replaced > 128 M is tight, and requires one to not load many modules normally loaded by > default but generally not needed. I use the Transcend DOM that are a direct > replacement for the ones used in the HP units, and generally less expensive > than a CF adapter and card. > The developers have made the install process so simple and painless, > compared to the first one I did several years ago ( Painful for me, as I am > not all that well versed in Linux ) > The install process and the beautiful web interface have constantly improved > over the past few years, I am in awe of it all. > > An ever growing community of telephone collectors use these thin clients with > various analog interfaces to interconnect a worldwide collection of obsolete > telephones and switching equipment > > John Novack > > > > Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: >> meh. >> >> Just installed the .img file onto the sd card, booted from it. >> >> runs "runnix" all the way until the "Runnix: Astlinux medium not found" >> >> boo :) >> >> Julian >> >> On 23 September 2011 18:49, Julian Lyndon-Smith<aster...@dotr.com> wrote: >>> I've got a iso image of i586 burned to a cd, which is in an external >>> usb dvd drive >>> I've got a blank sd card installed in my small c3 box >>> >>> when I boot using any option (auto, install) it starts up, but always >>> stops with the message >>> >>> AstLinux medium not found. >>> /bin/sh: can't access ttyl job control turned off >>> >>> What's wrong ? >>> >>> Julian >>> >>> -- >>> Julian Lyndon-Smith >>> IT Director, Dot R Limited >>> >>> "I don’t care if it works on your machine! We are not shipping your >>> machine!” >>> >>> The kangaroo dances: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAWl5iYOaUg >>> >> >> > > -- > > Dog is my Co-pilot > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. > Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. >
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