Hi Lonnie,
I made the modification you specified (still using the custom build) and I'm up
and running! Thank you so much!
Why do you not recommend USB storage for production systems? I could be
persuaded to use the Wyse's internal storage.
Josh
> From: li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:01:34 -0500
> To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux Hangs on "Starting new kernel"
>
> Josh,
>
> I received your photo....
>
> Notice how the USB drive mounts after the "AstLinux medium not found."
> message, this can be easily fixed by adding "rootdelay=10" to the kernel
> command line, (as follows)
>
> 1) Mount your USB drive on any machine where you can edit text files, it is a
> FAT16 partition. The label is "RUNNIX"
>
> 2) Navigate to the "os" directory and edit the "astlinux-1.0-6575.run.conf"
> (or similar, the .run.conf is the key)
>
> 3) Edit the .run.conf, in the line beginning with "KCMD=" add "rootdelay=10"
> after the "libata.dma=3"
> -- old --
> KCMD="root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc astlinux=geni586
> astimg=astlinux-1.0-6575.run astkd=auto asturw=auto astlive libata.dma=3"
> -- new --
> KCMD="root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc astlinux=geni586
> astimg=astlinux-1.0-6575.run astkd=auto asturw=auto astlive libata.dma=3
> rootdelay=10"
> --
>
> 4) Save the file, cleanly unmount the USB drive, and now it should boot all
> the way.
>
> Note that we don't by default include "rootdelay=10" since it adds 10 seconds
> to the boot process and we usually don't recommend using USB storage for
> production. But once the "rootdelay=10" has been added it will be
> automatically propagated for future upgrades. So this is a one time thing,
> only required for USB storage.
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2014, at 6:33 PM, Josh wrote:
>
> > Hi Lonnie,
> >
> > Thank you for taking the time to detail these steps for me. I should
> > mention now since I forgot to earlier that I was trying
> > 1.1.6-Asterisk-11.8.1. I decided against using the internal storage
> > because there's a remote possibility I may want to use the included Windows
> > XP Embedded at some point.
> >
> > Anyway, I ran the build I generated and it still hangs but I am seeing
> > different results. I see "starting new kernel" flash by but now I hang on
> > the following:
> >
> > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache : write through
> > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache : write through sdb : sdb1
> > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache : write through
> > sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> >
> > A few lines above all that, I see:
> >
> > AstLinux medium not found
> >
> > Unfortunately, I do not have a working camera but I took a picture of my
> > screen with my crappy flip phone camera. I will send it to you off-list.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > > From: li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com
> > > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 18:14:05 -0500
> > > To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux Hangs on "Starting new kernel"
> > >
> > > Hi Josh,
> > >
> > > The next AstLinux release has a change that fixes some boot issues with
> > > HP thin clients, basically support ACPI in our runnix boot loader kernel.
> > > You can give it a try by using: http://build.astlinux.org/
> > >
> > > Click on the Cache tab, (same default password as for the images), Select
> > > Asterisk 1.8 or 11, check or uncheck "SMP Kernel:" as you want... leave
> > > the rest alone as they are not built at this time.
> > >
> > > Then click on the "geni586" directory (assuming VGA console) and a
> > > .img.gz is available for you to download.
> > >
> > > BTW -> If any of the above is not clear, tell me what you want and I'll
> > > create the download link for you.
> > >
> > > To install the image to the internal 2 GB of the Wyse R90L, follow these
> > > steps: (I'm assuming the internal 2 GB is standard flash storage)
> > >
> > > Copy Install Image to Internal Drive
> > > http://doc.astlinux.org/userdoc:copy-image-usb-runnix
> > >
> > > If you still have problems, take a photo of the console to show some
> > > context and email that off list to me.
> > >
> > > Lonnie
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jul 1, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Josh wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to run Astlinux on a Wyse R90L thin client. I am able to
> > > > boot Astlinux from a USB stick and I don't see any obvious errors or
> > > > warnings. However, it hangs on "starting new kernel". This stick works
> > > > on another machine so I don't believe it's a problem with the stick or
> > > > the image. Nevertheless, I tried re-downloading and re-imaging as well
> > > > as using a different USB stick and I am able to reproduce the issue.
> > > > How can I resolve this issue?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Josh
>
>
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