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 and I seem to have misplaced all of the > documentation. As such there a few things I am not quite sure of: > > 1) net4521 bios reports a different geometry than fdisk on the laptop. > net4521: 971 c 128 h 63 s > laptop: 1018 c 124 h 62 s > Is this an issue when partitioning/ cross installing?
Yes (or at least: possibly) if you are planning to use GRUB. See http://wiki.soekris.info/What_is_this_disk_geometry_thing > 2) regarding the partitioning, is a Fat16/32 file system required? > > 3) after the debootsrap install to cf on laptop, chroot into the new > install, and mounting proc and sys, issuing a ls /dev/ reveals there are > no hard drives(/dev/hd*, /dev/sd*). Is that a problem? Would I then have > to run MAKEDEV? or should I just leave well enough alone? See http://wiki.soekris.info/Installing_Ubuntu_7.04_Server_via_debootstrap > 4) I am seeing grub errors most recently. Grub loading stage2 read > error. Can anyone advise as to the correct way to cross install grub for > the net4521? Get the disk geometry right is the first thing that comes to mind (the link above). Bill > I am pretty sure what I'm doing wrong is related to one or all of the 4 > above, any clarification for my confused mind is greatly appreciated. > thanks in advance > Burlen > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > -- "What's a computer?" - MES _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
