Lonnie and John,
The two of you convinced me. I figured I would keep XP E to mess around with
but I think it would be a waste of time - I would never feel comfortable
connecting it to the internet which eliminates a lot of its potential to be
useful. I picked this up last night as an impulse buy at Goodwill and I'm
happy things have come together so quickly!
Josh
> From: li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:39:00 -0500
> To: astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Astlinux Hangs on "Starting new kernel"
>
> Josh,
>
> Good to hear, possibly the 1.1.6 version would also works with the
> "rootdelay=10" added, but the latest SVN should be solid, I'm personally
> using it.
>
> I'm not a fan of using a USB flash drive as production storage for
> AstLinux... often not the best quality flash, the USB connector can be iffy,
> more prone to data loss if power is pulled, etc. .
>
> I see John Novack commented, he is the AstLinux thin client expert ! :-)
>
> Don't get me wrong, there is no technical reason USB storage should not work,
> but there are better choices.
>
> Lonnie
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2014, at 7:24 PM, Josh wrote:
>
> > 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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