After I coppied the image to the cf it goes through grub and gets to : Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-486 ... Loading initial ramdisk ...
and that is where it freezes. Blake On 11-03-10 03:30 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Blake Hodder wrote: > > ... >> Hal: unfortunately the image for the net5501 will not work for the >> net4521. It just freezes at loading initial ramdisk. > Thanks for the feedback on that. I had no idea if that image would work for > other Soekris hardware or not, and couldn't test it (without spending money, > that is!). > > And now I'm wondering -- where does it freeze? Do you get the "ready" > prompt, then a freeze? Or just the "loading initrd.gz" and a freeze? > > The reason I'm asking is because it may not be a console speed issue at all. > It's possible it could be a hardware issue with initrd and the system net4521. > > > Hal > >> Blake >> >> >> On 11-03-10 02:38 PM, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bryan Irvine wrote: >>> >>>> Something I've done from time to time is install to a virtualbox image, >>>> then convert that image, and use dd to put the image into a flash card. >>>> To me it was easier than having to set up PXE. Once made the image is >>>> always available. and one dd to a flash disk and you're done. >>>> >>>> just a thought. >>> That's about why I set up the image I created and I'm using. >>> >>> It may not be much to some, but since I'm moving away from computer work to >>> do the stuff I really enjoy, dealing with changing settings on my DHCP, a >>> tftp server, and so on, are a pain and I don't want to have to do that >>> setup and dig out my serial cable again when I'm installing on new systems. >>> >>> But I created the image on the net5501 so the hardware would match other >>> net5501 systems. Still, I won't need PXE and tftp again. >>> >>> >>> >>> Hal > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech -- _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
