Hi John,

As long as RUNNIX finds and mounts the proper drive you should (usually) be 
good.

Can you provide more information (context) on where it failed.  If you are 
using a serial console feel free to privately email me the full startup log 
that failed.  If you use a VGA console, a photo of screen when it failed would 
be helpful.

Lonnie



On May 24, 2014, at 8:03 AM, John Novack wrote:

> I found some additional information on the HP5630, which provides an answer 
> to why I am having difficulty.
> 
> It seems the 5630 has an unused SATA port(s) on the motherboard, even missing 
> any connector, but Linux sees the controller as /dev/sda and /dev/sdb. The 
> IDE flash is seen as /dev/sdc, and a successful write to /dev/sdc with dd can 
> be done.  
> I believe someone in the UK has added SATA connections to attach a HD or SSD, 
> which is how I discovered what I believe is the issue. Not something I want 
> to attempt!
> 
> Once an attempt to boot from the flash drive starts ( there appears to be no 
> option in the bios to specify where to boot other than USB,flash or network ) 
>  Runnix boots, and finds the AstLinux file, but somewhere in the boot process 
> gets lost and hangs. I assume it is looking for /dev/sda instead of 
> continuing to read from /dev/sdc
> 
> So, the question is, without a custom build, is there any modification that 
> could be done to overcome this?
> Or should the 5630 just be considered not usable with AstLinux, and I can 
> reclaim the memory, flash and power supply and send the rest to recycle?
> 
> John Novack


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