John and I discussed this off-list and John was kind enough to provide logs and test an AstLinux SVN build image (containing RUNNIX with ACPI, APIC support added to the kernel) and that fixed his issue with the HP 5630.
Basically, the HP 5630's BIOS requires ACPI support to properly route the IRQ's (notably the internal flash controller), while AstLinux's kernel had ACPI support for some time, RUNNIX did not until this recent change. AstLinux 1.1.7 will contain this RUNNIX change when it is officially released at a later time. Thanks again to John for his testing. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
