Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
On 2018-12-16 02:16, Jason Mitchell wrote: On Dec 14, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Palmer, John wrote: I’m trying out one of those Antsle virtual server boxes with NetBSD and am getting issues with file system becoming corrupt almost immediately Somehow this got truncated. Resending ... John, A quick look at the Anstle web page shows that it uses KVM. A google search of NetBSD on KVM gives this advice: "avoid slow down/ hangs with --no-acpi and network timeout by using -net nic,model=ne2k_pci, disable both SMP and ACPI in /boot.cfg inside guest" From: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status#NetBSD The above text is for 5.0.2, the latest NetBSD version mentioned. You can disable ACPI and SMP from the boot menu on the installer .iso. Hope this helps, Jason M.
Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
> On Dec 14, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Palmer, John wrote: > > I’m trying out one of those Antsle virtual server boxes with NetBSD and am > getting issues with file system becoming corrupt almost immediately
RE: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
No - I didn't do anything like that (open it up). I have one Linux instance running on it and its fine. I've installed NetBSD versions 3.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, 7.0 and 8.0 and they all have the same issue with the file systems. I'm not using Xen - just the standard install. -Original Message- From: Robert Nestor Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 11:28 To: Palmer, John ; NetBSD Users Subject: Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box I've got one of those boxes and I did have NetBSD loaded on it not long after I got it. I bought one with the minimal internal disk setup, two 120G Kingston SSDs, and installed my own additional disk drives for more storage. I was using an earlier version of NetBSD and bought it to set up some xen images, but then found out the SOC Antsle uses doesn't support everything needed to run all the modes xen is capable of. Had the same problem with trying to install FreeBSD on it and ended up just putting MintLinux on it instead. I think it works better with MintLinux than the OS they shipped with it, but it still isn't what I thought when I bought it. It sounds to me like you've got a HW problem though. You didn't by chance open the box to do any upgrades did you? When you pull it apart you have to be very careful of some of the springs, screws and make sure you replace the thermal paste for the CPU. -bob
Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
I’ve got one of those boxes and I did have NetBSD loaded on it not long after I got it. I bought one with the minimal internal disk setup, two 120G Kingston SSDs, and installed my own additional disk drives for more storage. I was using an earlier version of NetBSD and bought it to set up some xen images, but then found out the SOC Antsle uses doesn’t support everything needed to run all the modes xen is capable of. Had the same problem with trying to install FreeBSD on it and ended up just putting MintLinux on it instead. I think it works better with MintLinux than the OS they shipped with it, but it still isn’t what I thought when I bought it. It sounds to me like you’ve got a HW problem though. You didn’t by chance open the box to do any upgrades did you? When you pull it apart you have to be very careful of some of the springs, screws and make sure you replace the thermal paste for the CPU. -bob
Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
So are you trying to install NetBSD as an Antlet or trying to install to the bare metal? In my installs I totally wiped out AntOS and installed to bare metal. If you’re installing to bare metal have you tried installing to each of the SSDs? AntOS makes the two SSDs look like a single disk using ZFS, but if you install over the top of AntOS then you’ll have two disks and can choose either one to install to. BTW, I found Antsle support to be pretty much useless. They wouldn’t give me any details on almost anything. They really don’t want their customers opening the box, installing their own upgrades or removing AntOS from the box. They’d like to keep you boxed into just using the system the way they intended which is to run everything under AntOS and have them do any HW upgrades for you. On Dec 14, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Palmer, John wrote: > No - I didn't do anything like that (open it up). I have one Linux instance > running on it and its fine. I've installed NetBSD versions 3.0, 4.0.1, 5.0, > 7.0 and 8.0 and they all have the same issue with the file systems. > > I'm not using Xen - just the standard install. > > -Original Message- > From: Robert Nestor > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2018 11:28 > To: Palmer, John ; NetBSD Users > Subject: Re: Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box > > I've got one of those boxes and I did have NetBSD loaded on it not long after > I got it. I bought one with the minimal internal disk setup, two 120G > Kingston SSDs, and installed my own additional disk drives for more storage. > > I was using an earlier version of NetBSD and bought it to set up some xen > images, but then found out the SOC Antsle uses doesn't support everything > needed to run all the modes xen is capable of. Had the same problem with > trying to install FreeBSD on it and ended up just putting MintLinux on it > instead. I think it works better with MintLinux than the OS they shipped > with it, but it still isn't what I thought when I bought it. > > It sounds to me like you've got a HW problem though. You didn't by chance > open the box to do any upgrades did you? When you pull it apart you have to > be very careful of some of the springs, screws and make sure you replace the > thermal paste for the CPU. > > -bob
Problems loading NetBSD on an ANTSLE box
I'm trying out one of those Antsle virtual server boxes with NetBSD and am getting issues with file system becoming corrupt almost immediately. When I attach the standard .ISO as the boot device and run the standard sysinst scripts, it cannot even unpack and install the system before freezing up. A reboot and fsck show thousands of file system errors. I've been attempting to get assistance from the Antsle tech support for months but they have not provided a solution. Has anyone had any luck loading NetBSD on an Antsle box? John
