Hi Michael, > I have been using a Private Repository ...
> I just copy in the upgrade files from the official Astlinux Repository. Ahh, OK ... simple enough. I was thinking you were somehow adding your "special sauce" to the official images to create custom images, which I did not know how you could do that without building images yourself. Lonnie > On Jan 18, 2020, at 4:40 PM, Michael Knill > <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au> wrote: > > Thanks guys > > I was not aware of that doco to convert to a vm board type. Excellent I will > do this and then it should all work. > > Lonnie I have been using a Private Repository for years now and have never > had a problem. The main reason for using it was purely to determine the > 'Current' release for my systems and the ability to upgrade(or downgrade) to > any version I want by appending the version directory to the repository URL. > I just copy in the upgrade files from the official Astlinux Repository. > I would be happy to use the Astlinux repository if I could do the above. > > Regards > Michael Knill > > On 19/1/20, 1:36 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: > > > >> On Jan 18, 2020, at 6:06 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Am 18.01.2020 um 01:15 schrieb Michael Knill >>> <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>: >>> >>> Hi group >>> >>> Strangely it appears that with all my genx86_64 systems, on multiple >>> astlinux versions, I am unable to perform an upgrade from my private >>> repository as it comes up with ‘Firmware verification failed’. genx86_vm >>> and genx86_64-serial upgrades work fine. >>> >>> I have tried upgrading to both 1.3.6 and 1.3.7.1 and it does the same >>> thing. I have downloaded it multiple times into the repository so I don't >>> believe the sha1 file is corrupted. >>> It does work however when I point the repository to >>> http://mirror.astlinux-project.org/ast13se-firmware-1.x so this indicates >>> that there must be something wrong with my repository and I cant for the >>> life of me work out what. >>> >>> So my questions are: >>> • Any ideas what this could be and what to try to fix it? >>> • How do I show the board type for a system (before it was shown on >>> login)? >>> • Is there a way I can upgrade to a specific version using the Astlinux >>> repository? >>> • How can I move to a different board type e.g. all my genx86_64 >>> systems are on vm’s so they really should be a genx86_vm board type? >>> >>> Sorry for the lots of questions. Thanks all. >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael Knill >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> short answers to 3. + 4.: >> >> 3. it depends on the "ver" file in the repo folder which contains the >> (latest) version. E.g. "astlinux-1.3.7.1". >> >> 4. You can switch on the commandline between genx86_64 and genx86_64-vm (but >> not between serial and vga): >> >> https://doc.astlinux.org/devdoc:devdoc_switch_genx86_64_and_vm >> >> >> Michael > > +1 and for completeness I'll add this link: > > Create a Private Repository > https://doc.astlinux-project.org/devdoc:devdoc_create_repository > > Michael (Knill), you mentioned you are not building your own images (yet), > so that begs the question ... how are you generating custom images for your > private repository ? > > Lonnie > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
