Installing Sylver's Image on a new Kuro - Revision history

Moondog: /* Untar the image and kernel tar file */

Moondog — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:16:06 GMT

Untar the image and kernel tar file

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	tar xvfz kernel2.6.15.6.tar.gz		tar xvfz kernel2.6.15.6.tar.gz
	Remove both tar files to save space.		Remove both tar files to save space.
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		+	The default IP number is 192.168.0.100.
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	Now that the package is extracted lets set everything so we can leave EM mode		Now that the package is extracted lets set everything so we can leave EM mode
	write_ok		write_ok
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	Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on		Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
	/dev/hda1 4.0G 1.2G 2.7G 31% /		/dev/hda1 4.0G 1.2G 2.7G 31% /
-	/dev/hda3 183G 33M 174G 1% /mnt	+	/dev/hda3 183G 33M 174G 1% /mnt
		+
	==Update the kernel. Sylver made this very easy to do ==		==Update the kernel. Sylver made this very easy to do ==
	Update the bootnewos script		Update the bootnewos script

Uzume — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:45:08 GMT

+link

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	==Put the KuroBox into EM mode==		==Put the KuroBox into EM mode==
-	Emergency Maintenance Mode (EM mode) is indicated by this login prompt:	+	[[EM Mode\|Emergency Maintenance Mode]] (EM mode) is indicated by this login prompt:
	kernel 2.4.17-kuro-box on ppc		kernel 2.4.17-kuro-box on ppc
	KURO-BOX-EM login:		KURO-BOX-EM login:

Ramuk — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:45:02 GMT

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Revision as of 19:45, 12 July 2007

Rosco pc — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:05:42 GMT

Reverted edit of Pp8Ddu, changed back to last version by Kuromat

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	First cylinder (1-xxxxx, default 1):		First cylinder (1-xxxxx, default 1):
	Using default value 1		Using default value 1
-	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (1-xxxxx, default xxxxx): 4096M	+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-xxxxx, default xxxxx): +4096M

	==Create partition 2 (swap) as 512 MB==		==Create partition 2 (swap) as 512 MB==
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	First cylinder (132-xxxxx, default 132):		First cylinder (132-xxxxx, default 132):
	Using default value 132		Using default value 132
-	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (132-xxxxx, default xxxxx): 512M	+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (132-xxxxx, default xxxxx): +512M
	Set the System ID of the swap partition (partition 2) to "Linux Swap"		Set the System ID of the swap partition (partition 2) to "Linux Swap"
	Command (m for help): t		Command (m for help): t
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	First cylinder (198-xxxxx, default 198):		First cylinder (198-xxxxx, default 198):
	Using default value 198		Using default value 198
-	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (198-xxxxx, default xxxxx):	+	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (198-xxxxx, default xxxxx):
	Using default value xxxxx		Using default value xxxxx
	==Write the new partition table and exit ==		==Write the new partition table and exit ==

Pp8Ddu — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:53:35 GMT

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	First cylinder (1-xxxxx, default 1):		First cylinder (1-xxxxx, default 1):
	Using default value 1		Using default value 1
-	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-xxxxx, default xxxxx): +4096M	+	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (1-xxxxx, default xxxxx): 4096M

	==Create partition 2 (swap) as 512 MB==		==Create partition 2 (swap) as 512 MB==
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	First cylinder (132-xxxxx, default 132):		First cylinder (132-xxxxx, default 132):
	Using default value 132		Using default value 132
-	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (132-xxxxx, default xxxxx): +512M	+	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (132-xxxxx, default xxxxx): 512M
	Set the System ID of the swap partition (partition 2) to "Linux Swap"		Set the System ID of the swap partition (partition 2) to "Linux Swap"
	Command (m for help): t		Command (m for help): t
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	First cylinder (198-xxxxx, default 198):		First cylinder (198-xxxxx, default 198):
	Using default value 198		Using default value 198
-	Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (198-xxxxx, default xxxxx):	+	Last cylinder or size or sizeM or sizeK (198-xxxxx, default xxxxx):
	Using default value xxxxx		Using default value xxxxx
	==Write the new partition table and exit ==		==Write the new partition table and exit ==

Kuromat — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:02:59 GMT

Put the KuroBox into EM mode

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	(Make sure you type FL3 and not F13 in lower case).		(Make sure you type FL3 and not F13 in lower case).
	After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.		After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.
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		+	'''Do not reboot again until the image and the kernel are installed!'''

	==Run mfdisk in interactive mode ==		==Run mfdisk in interactive mode ==

Kuromat — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:57:18 GMT

Format the partitions

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	==Format the partitions==		==Format the partitions==
-	Now that you have created and saved the partitions using fdisk, you need to use mkfs to format each partition. (mkfs normally reserves 5% of the blocks for superuser-use only, which can be a lot when using big disks. We tell mkfs to reserve only 1% for the third partition by using the "-m 1" switch").	+	Now that you have created and saved the partitions using fdisk, you need to use mkfs to format each partition. (mkfs normally reserves 5% of the blocks for superuser-use only, which can be a lot when using big disks. We tell mkfs to reserve only 1% for the superuser on the third partition by using the "-m 1" switch").
	mkfs -j /dev/hda1		mkfs -j /dev/hda1
	mkfs -j -m 1 /dev/hda3		mkfs -j -m 1 /dev/hda3

Kuromat — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:56:24 GMT

Format the partitions

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	==Format the partitions==		==Format the partitions==
-	Now that you have created and saved the partitions using fdisk, you need to use mkfs to format each partition.	+	Now that you have created and saved the partitions using fdisk, you need to use mkfs to format each partition. (mkfs normally reserves 5% of the blocks for superuser-use only, which can be a lot when using big disks. We tell mkfs to reserve only 1% for the third partition by using the "-m 1" switch").
	mkfs -j /dev/hda1		mkfs -j /dev/hda1
-	mkfs -j /dev/hda3	+	mkfs -j -m 1 /dev/hda3
-	mkswap /dev/hda2	+	mkswap /dev/hda2

	==Mount the Partitions==		==Mount the Partitions==

James — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:32:09 GMT

Put the KuroBox into EM mode

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	# reboot		# reboot

-	(Make sure you type FL3 and not F13 in lower case)	+	(Make sure you type FL3 and not F13 in lower case).
	After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.		After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.

James — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:31:30 GMT

Put the KuroBox into EM mode

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	# reboot		# reboot

		+	(Make sure you type FL3 and not F13 in lower case)
	After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.		After the reboot, log in as the root user and verify that you are running in EM mode.