Lonnie. It could be the terminal emulator. I have the same problem using "screen" on Apple Mac. But if I run screen from Ubuntu Linux it works fine. I have not found a free terminal emulator for Mac that I can use Astlinux boot console with.
David. On Tuesday, August 2, 2016, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > First, I tried the "astlinux-1.2.7-genx86_64-serial.iso" dd'ed to USB > drive, booted on an APU2 with attached serial terminal (minicom) at 19200 > baud. Worked perfectly, arrow keys navigated the menus, installed, removed > USB drive and it booted as expected. Possibly your terminal program was > not sending the arrow keys properly ? Each menu item also has a single key > associated with it, the install image selection has '1', '2', or '3' . > > I also tried the official production astlinux-1.2.7 upgrade for > genx86_64-serial (APU2) and it worked as expected. > > From your log info below, this seems like you typed "ssh" at the RUNNIX > boot prompt ... > > The "error: unable to read superblock" and "failed to setup loop device"" > does look bad, could well be a failing (failed) SSD. > > Lonnie > > > > On Aug 2, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Michael Knill < > michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Hi guys > > > > Well tonight has not been a good night. I upgraded my system to 1.2.7 > which seemed to go ok but when I noticed a routing problem, I reverted to > see if it was a release issue. > > Well that was the end of that with the following on the console: > > > > ---- > > Runnix version 'runnix-0.4-7583' starting... > > Skip Verifying abio too big device loop0 (2 > 0) > > stlinux-1.2.6.1.EXT2-fs (loop0): error: unable to read superblock > > run > > losetup: /mnt/base/os/astlinux-1.2.6.1.run: failed to setup loop device: > No such file or directory > > mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on /mnt/root failed: Invalid argument > > Error8021q: adding VLAN 0 to HW filter on device eth0 > > mounting astlinux-1.2.6.1.run root fs > > Configuring eth0 with DHCP... > > udhcpc (v1.19.4) started > > Sending discover... > > e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx > > e1000e 0000:02:00.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO > > Sending discover... > > Sending discover... > > No lease, failing > > Dropping to shell, type 'exit' to reboot > > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > runnix# > > --- > > > > Is this a corrupt Flash Drive? I assumed so and I began a rebuild. After > my serial to USB adaptor crashed my Mac a couple of times and I finally > pulled the server out of the rack to set the boot order, I am booting a USB > with astlinux-1.2.7-genx86_64-serial.iso and set my serial port to 19200. > However I see everything but I cant seem to move the cursor in the menu > when it comes up. > > Any ideas? > > > > I am going to bed in disgust ☹ > > > > Regards > > Michael Knill > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net <javascript:;> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org <javascript:;>. -- David Kerr Sent from Gmail Mobile
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