[Server-devel] Cloning and hardware addresses
I have been cloning a master XS hard drive onto a number of copies, to be used in different computers (of the exact same type). I used the following simple way of cloning dd bs=8192 if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb where sda is the master and sdb is connected via USB. This done using a live CD to boot it up. The clones work fine in the same PC as was used with the master. However, on booting a cloned HDD in another machine it does not detect the NICs (the computer has 2). I assume I have to delete the HWADDR= line somewhere, for both eth0 and eth1. Question is, where? Or should this be done another way? David Leeming Solomon Islands Rural Link ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Cloning and hardware addresses
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 20:38 +1100, David Leeming wrote: I have been cloning a “master” XS hard drive onto a number of copies, to be used in different computers (of the exact same type). I used the following simple way of cloning dd bs=8192 if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb where sda is the master and sdb is connected via USB. This done using a live CD to boot it up. The clones work fine in the same PC as was used with the master. However, on booting a cloned HDD in another machine it does not detect the NICs (the computer has 2). I assume I have to delete the “HWADDR=” line somewhere, for both eth0 and eth1. /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Delete the lines that refer to all the eth devices and reboot Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Cloning and hardware addresses
Cheers Jerry! David Leeming -Original Message- From: Jerry Vonau [mailto:jvo...@shaw.ca] Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2010 9:02 p.m. To: David Leeming Cc: 'XS Devel' Subject: Re: [Server-devel] Cloning and hardware addresses On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 20:38 +1100, David Leeming wrote: I have been cloning a “master” XS hard drive onto a number of copies, to be used in different computers (of the exact same type). I used the following simple way of cloning dd bs=8192 if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb where sda is the master and sdb is connected via USB. This done using a live CD to boot it up. The clones work fine in the same PC as was used with the master. However, on booting a cloned HDD in another machine it does not detect the NICs (the computer has 2). I assume I have to delete the “HWADDR=” line somewhere, for both eth0 and eth1. /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Delete the lines that refer to all the eth devices and reboot Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS on ASUS Netbook - Display Problem
Martin, Thanks for the suggestion. I will run lsmod. After sleeping on it, I think the conflicting driver must be related to the backlighting on the display, not the graphics processor. The Acer and Asus have the same graphics hardware, but the displays are different. Andy On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Andra DuPont andradup...@gmail.com wrote: So apparently one of the drivers that is installed is conflicting with the screen brightness. Your analysis seems 100% correct. I'd suggest - - run lsmod, it'll tell you what modules are being loaded - one of them will be controlling your video card -- for example an i915 card loads intel_agp, drm and i915 - name those modules in /etc/modules/blacklist.conf so they don't get loaded but I agree with you, it's very strange that you need to go through this dance. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS on ASUS Netbook - Display Problem
Martin, Looking at some Fedora sites, I see where there are many post of problems with the Eee PC and backlighting. Based on what I read, I decided to update the BIOS, and although it didn't fix the problem completely, the screen now has about 10% brightness, so I can actually read it if the room is not too bright. some people have reported a fix in fedora that uses grub kernel options: acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor I will try putting these in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Is this the right place? Any suggestions? Andy On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Andra DuPont wrote: Martin, Thanks for the suggestion. I will run lsmod. After sleeping on it, I think the conflicting driver must be related to the backlighting on the display, not the graphics processor. The Acer and Asus have the same graphics hardware, but the displays are different. Andy On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Andra DuPont andradup...@gmail.com wrote: So apparently one of the drivers that is installed is conflicting with the screen brightness. Your analysis seems 100% correct. I'd suggest - - run lsmod, it'll tell you what modules are being loaded - one of them will be controlling your video card -- for example an i915 card loads intel_agp, drm and i915 - name those modules in /etc/modules/blacklist.conf so they don't get loaded but I agree with you, it's very strange that you need to go through this dance. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS on ASUS Netbook - Display Problem
Martin, Success... I edited the /boot/grub/menu.lst file so that the kernel line is now kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=58ef33d6-bd02-4a2c-830b-2515ff9368ed rhgb quiet acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor On the first reboot, the boot process paused for about 30 seconds at the starting udev stage. The screen went dim, but when the server was fully booted, the fn+F6 key worked to raise the brightness! On second reboot, the boot process did not pause, and the screen remained bright. Issue solved. You may want to consider adding this to future server releases, assuming that it doesn't cause problems on other platforms. Andy On Dec 2, 2010, at 11:12 AM, Andra DuPont wrote: Martin, Looking at some Fedora sites, I see where there are many post of problems with the Eee PC and backlighting. Based on what I read, I decided to update the BIOS, and although it didn't fix the problem completely, the screen now has about 10% brightness, so I can actually read it if the room is not too bright. some people have reported a fix in fedora that uses grub kernel options: acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor I will try putting these in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Is this the right place? Any suggestions? Andy On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Andra DuPont wrote: Martin, Thanks for the suggestion. I will run lsmod. After sleeping on it, I think the conflicting driver must be related to the backlighting on the display, not the graphics processor. The Acer and Asus have the same graphics hardware, but the displays are different. Andy On Dec 1, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Andra DuPont andradup...@gmail.com wrote: So apparently one of the drivers that is installed is conflicting with the screen brightness. Your analysis seems 100% correct. I'd suggest - - run lsmod, it'll tell you what modules are being loaded - one of them will be controlling your video card -- for example an i915 card loads intel_agp, drm and i915 - name those modules in /etc/modules/blacklist.conf so they don't get loaded but I agree with you, it's very strange that you need to go through this dance. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] XS on ASUS Eee PC Network Driver Missing
I'm installing XS 0.6 on an ASUS Eee PC with an Atheros AR8132 Network Chipset which is not supported on the current XS distribution. There are linux drivers for this hardware, but I need help on determining which driver distribution to download, and how to install it. Does anyone have experience with drivers? Thanks, Andy ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] Cloning and hardware addresses
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 20:38 +1100, David Leeming wrote: I have been cloning a “master” XS hard drive onto a number of copies, to be used in different computers (of the exact same type). I used the following simple way of cloning dd bs=8192 if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb where sda is the master and sdb is connected via USB. This done using a live CD to boot it up. The clones work fine in the same PC as was used with the master. However, on booting a cloned HDD in another machine it does not detect the NICs (the computer has 2). I assume I have to delete the “HWADDR=” line somewhere, for both eth0 and eth1. /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules Delete the lines that refer to all the eth devices and reboot Jerry Sub note to this. I found I had to delete the file altogether. Then it works. It regenerates the file with the new hardware addresses so if the HDD is moved again, I guess this step needs repeating. ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS on ASUS Netbook - Display Problem
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Andra DuPont andradup...@gmail.com wrote: Martin, Success... Glad to hear! You may want to consider adding this to future server releases, assuming that it doesn't cause problems on other platforms. When I get some time to work on the next release, we should revisit this with you. cheers, m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] XS on ASUS Eee PC Network Driver Missing
On Fri, December 3, 2010 7:56 am, Andra DuPont wrote: Did your update from linuxwireless fix the wired adaptor? Oh sorry, I assumed you were talking about the wireless adaptor. The XS distribution is getting quite old now, so it's perhaps unsurprising it doesn't support modern hardware. While preparing for deployment, I used the wifi on the XS to access my LAN, and connected the XO access points to the XS's wired adapter. We didn't use the XS's wifi at the deployment. Good luck making your wired adapter work. ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
