Re: [Soekris] grub net4521

2008-01-17 Thread Bill Maas
On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 10:53 -0500, burlen wrote: > Expert command (m for help): s > Number of sectors (1-63, default 62): 63 > Warning: setting sector offset for DOS compatiblity > I don't exactly know what that means Mostly non-info I think, since it's completely undocumented yet pops up in eve

Re: [Soekris] grub net4521

2008-01-17 Thread burlen
Bill & Kim, thanks for the feedback. still I am not able to boot after using the geometry that net4521 reports. When I use these parameters with fdisk, I get a warning to the effect that the Dos compatibility flag is being set. Expert command (m for help): c Number of cylinders (1-1048576, de

Re: [Soekris] grub net4521

2008-01-16 Thread Bill Maas
Hi burlen, On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 09:54 -0500, burlen wrote: > Hi, I just got a new 4G CF card and am trying to get my net4521 up and > running. I specifically would like to put ubuntu on it, with a > debootstrap cross install via my laptop. Its has been a while since I > played with this board

Re: [Soekris] grub net4521

2008-01-16 Thread Kim Weilie
Hi, > 2) regarding the partitioning, is a Fat16/32 file system required? I've a notion that some CF-Cards require FAT16 or FAT32. Don't know exactly which and why, but try with other fs. > 3) after the debootsrap install to cf on laptop, chroot into the new > install, and mounting proc and sys,

[Soekris] grub net4521

2008-01-16 Thread burlen
Hi, I just got a new 4G CF card and am trying to get my net4521 up and running. I specifically would like to put ubuntu on it, with a debootstrap cross install via my laptop. Its has been a while since I played with this board and I seem to have misplaced all of the documentation. As such ther