Hi David, Good info, I use "minicom 2.2" (free) on my OS X 10.6.8 Macbook for many years and it has always worked.
The old minicom URL is not reachable, but the wayback machine finds it, For the trusting, scroll to the bottom of: https://web.archive.org/web/20150405144440/http://turin.nss.udel.edu/programming/ I'm sure there are better ways of getting minicom for OS X today. Regardless, you *should* be able to navigate the AstLinux ISO Installer without using arrow keys. For all you VT100 aficionados out there, the VT100 keypad has two modes "Standard" and "Applications". For example, Arrow UP in standard mode is "ESC [ A", applications mode is "ESC O A" . I'm sure standard-mode is what dialog/ncurses is expecting. Lonnie On Aug 2, 2016, at 9:18 AM, David Kerr <da...@kerr.net> wrote: > 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> > 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 > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. > > > -- > David Kerr > Sent from Gmail Mobile > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
