Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-07 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Ed Am 06.12.2016 um 22:56 schrieb edflecko .: > Erich, > Is this what your referring to: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bugrub.html To be more explicit I am using a small (1MB) partition to just hold the boot loader, the boot entries refer to other partitions roughly 32 MB which hold all th

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-07 Thread Erich Titl
Am 06.12.2016 um 22:56 schrieb edflecko .: > Erich, > Is this what your referring to: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bugrub.html Yes cheers Erich -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to In

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Erich, Is this what your referring to: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bugrub.html ??? Ed -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one yea

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Am 06.12.2016 um 22:11 schrieb edflecko .: > Thank you both! > > Erich: I like you're idea about multiple partitions...that's very clever! Been doing that for many years, but you best use another bootloader than syslinux which allows easier installation of multiple operating systems and conf

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Thank you both! Erich: I like you're idea about multiple partitions...that's very clever! Ed -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Ed Am 06.12.2016 um 21:34 schrieb edflecko .: > My CF is 8Gb - should I create a 1Gb primary partition and install to that > or just leave the 8Gb single partition as is? I always suggest to make at least 3 partitions, one to boot from and the others for at least two instances of LEAF. Of cou

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Andrew
you should create 1gb primary partition. On 06.12.2016 23:34, edflecko . wrote: > My CF is 8Gb - should I create a 1Gb primary partition and install to that > or just leave the 8Gb single partition as is? > > Ed > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:11 PM, edflecko . wrote: > >> Great, thank you! I'll giv

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
My CF is 8Gb - should I create a 1Gb primary partition and install to that or just leave the 8Gb single partition as is? Ed On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:11 PM, edflecko . wrote: > Great, thank you! I'll give that a shot. > > Ed > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Andrew wrote: > >> Sorry, *_isolin

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Great, thank you! I'll give that a shot. Ed On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Andrew wrote: > Sorry, *_isolinux_* image. > > You should also copy configdb.lrp and syslinux.cfg from > *_syslinux_serial19200.tar.gz (or even extract all content of it) to be > able to conect via serial port to LEAF b

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Andrew
Sorry, *_isolinux_* image. You should also copy configdb.lrp and syslinux.cfg from *_syslinux_serial19200.tar.gz (or even extract all content of it) to be able to conect via serial port to LEAF box. On 06.12.2016 22:58, Andrew wrote: > *-iso-* image. > > On 06.12.2016 22:21, edflecko . wrote:

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Andrew
*-iso-* image. On 06.12.2016 22:21, edflecko . wrote: > Cool! There's a live CD for Bering-uClibc? Where I find that because I > don't see it in the download section? > > And that will do everything I need to prep the CF? > > Ed > ---

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Cool! There's a live CD for Bering-uClibc? Where I find that because I don't see it in the download section? And that will do everything I need to prep the CF? Ed -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Andrew
On 06.12.2016 17:51, edflecko . wrote: > 2. Can you point me to some instructions on how to install it to my 8Gb > compact flash? just run livecd and select 'install to hdd' in menu :) > 3. Are there any known "gotchas" I should be aware of when performing the > install? CF should have FAT partiti

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Thank you Tim...I'll start there and see how I do! :-) Ed -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE.

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread Timothy Wegner
Edfleco asked: > However, I am still wondering which version of Bering-uClibc I want to use? For Soekris net4501 I would presume a 486 serial version. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/leaf/files/Bering-uClibc/5.2.8/Bering-uClibc_5.2.8_i486_syslinux_serial19200.tar.gz/download or https://so

Re: [leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Never mind...I *think* I found enough tidbits to answer my questions. :-) However, I am still wondering which version of Bering-uClibc I want to use? Ed -- Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to

[leaf-user] Installing Bering-uClibc on a compact flash for use in Soekris Net4501

2016-12-06 Thread edflecko .
Please forgive me, but I truly have looked for instructions on how to do this...but haven't found any. :-) I have an old, Soekris Net4501 that I want to install the latest version of Bering-uClibc on for my home use. 1. Can someone recommend which version of Bering-uClibc I want to use? 2. Can