Friday, December 31, 2010

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

 

Hi, It was just a precaution as I had a problem when I installed ubunto on the
same hd. It took over the mbr ( master boot record ) and I could not boot into
win xp. Ended up reformating and aquired a 2nd hd. So when I installed linux on
the 2nd hd, I disconnected win xp hd as a precaution.

When you boot after the install with both hd's running you should get a linux
boot menu. With me Linux always boots first now and I have to change the option
to boot to win xp.

I suggest that you place linux on another drive.

John

 

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From: David Poston <david.poston@ymail.com>
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 31 December, 2010 13:58:35
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

 
Why undo the Windoes drive? david

--- On Thu, 12/30/10, John Randall <m0els@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: John Randall <m0els@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 9:11 AM

 

My pc a compaq presario which allows me to dual boot with a menu on startup.

Cannot remember if I had to download the app from hp/compaq, or if it was in the

bios. Just a tip, when you install linux on the other hd, disconnect you windows

hd, just incase linux takes over the mbr. Boot from the linux cd and install on

the hd you selected. Once done then reconnect your windows hd. Rather safe than

sorry.

John (Newbie)

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From: Ken <kdfraze@yahoo.com>

To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thu, 30 December, 2010 1:56:05

Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

Hello,

I want to set up a dual boot system and I was wondering, what do I have to do

for this? Will I have to set it up in the bios? I have two hard drives.

Thanx

Ken

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Re: [nslu2-linux] Re: rtorrent error on unslung

 

   Thanks, Roman and Brian.  I'm successfully running Transmission 1.76 on unslung 6.10 writing files to an NTFS partition.  It's a great lightweight client, and the built-in web client is quite handy.  Remote Windows client is a bonus.

   Thanks for the assistance!

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Brian <b88zhou@gmail.com> wrote:
 

I uploaded transmission 1.76-1 ipk for unslung firmware here
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-general/files/transmission-1.76/unslung/

Cheers,

-Brian



--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, Roman Gargulak <roman@...> wrote:
>
> I am running transmission and it works fine. Just make sure that you
> install version 1.76-1, newer versions do not work on NSLU2 for some
> reason. I am running uNSLUng-6.10-beta.
>
> Cheers,
> Roman
>
>
>
> threeeyedtoad murmured, on 12/28/2010 2:50 PM:
> > Didn't see any responses to this query, so let's try a different question:
> >
> > Is there anyone out there running Unslung 6.x and SOME torrent client that is dumping files to an NTFS disk? If so, what client are you running, please?
> >
> > Thx.
> >
> > --- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "M.J. Johnson"<threeeyedtoad@> wrote:
> >> Hello. I've run into the same problem that was documented nearly four
> >> years ago, in this thread initiated by Brian Zhou.
> >>
> >> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nslu2-linux/message/18555
> >>
> >> Was any resolution ever discovered? Is the specific problem downloading
> >> to an NTFS partition?
> >>
> >> TIA...
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>


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RE: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

I’ve noticed, that when using an external USB drive that uses an external USB power supply, that when my NSLU2 tries to power down, the external power supply keeps it powered up, but in the blinking power LED state.

 

  So, if there is no external drive and USB power, it shuts down to off…and with USB power attached, it shuts down to the flashing power LED mode.  If I unplug the USB power supply (but keep the regular NSLU2 power supply attached) it will power down to off

Bruce

 

From: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 12:08 PM
To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

 

I think I found a way around this that works at least in my case using the power mod I made. If I do a

shutdown -hH now


It shuts down and then sits there alternately blinking the power light from green to yellow at which point you can shutoff the power by pulling the power plug.

Doug
 

Doug Crompton
WA3DSP
www.crompton.com

 

 

From: Mike Westerhof (mwester) <mwester@dls.net>
To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 10:43:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

On 12/28/2010 9:44 PM, Doug wrote:
> Have an NSLU2 modified for instant on in the event of a power failure. The
> problem I am having is that when I do a
>
> 'shutdown now -h' in Debian in shuts down but then restarts again. So it is
> hard to do a clean shutdown. Anyone have an answer for this? I though halt was
> suppose to halt the processor after shutting down the OS.

On the NSLU2, there is no "halt" as such -- the processor sets a GPIO
pin to a state that "pulls the plug", and kills the processor.

You don't state which of the 12 or 13 (or is it more by now?) power mods
you have implemented, but it seems to me that whichever one it is, it's
'glitchy' and causes the hardware to re-power up after the GPIO turns it
off.

(AFAIK, Debian uses the same kernel as all the other firmwares, but if
that is not true, then this could be due to some difference in the way
Debian handles power-off --- all I can say is that my modified unit with
SlugOS works as expected.)

-Mike

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Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

I think I found a way around this that works at least in my case using the power mod I made. If I do a

shutdown -hH now

It shuts down and then sits there alternately blinking the power light from green to yellow at which point you can shutoff the power by pulling the power plug.

Doug
 
Doug Crompton
WA3DSP
www.crompton.com


From: Mike Westerhof (mwester) <mwester@dls.net>
To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 10:43:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

On 12/28/2010 9:44 PM, Doug wrote:
> Have an NSLU2 modified for instant on in the event of a power failure. The
> problem I am having is that when I do a
>
> 'shutdown now -h' in Debian in shuts down but then restarts again. So it is
> hard to do a clean shutdown. Anyone have an answer for this? I though halt was
> suppose to halt the processor after shutting down the OS.

On the NSLU2, there is no "halt" as such -- the processor sets a GPIO
pin to a state that "pulls the plug", and kills the processor.

You don't state which of the 12 or 13 (or is it more by now?) power mods
you have implemented, but it seems to me that whichever one it is, it's
'glitchy' and causes the hardware to re-power up after the GPIO turns it
off.

(AFAIK, Debian uses the same kernel as all the other firmwares, but if
that is not true, then this could be due to some difference in the way
Debian handles power-off --- all I can say is that my modified unit with
SlugOS works as expected.)

-Mike

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

No. You do not need to go to the BIOS.

As part of the installation process the Linux distribution write a menu to
the MBR of the first boot drive. This will give you a choice at boot time
between the various operating systems. Linux can share a drive or it can be
installed on the separate drive. It is your choice and ultimately depends on
the size of the drive and how full it is. It is a good idea to defrag
Windows first, if you plan on sharing the Windows drive.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada


On 29 December 2010 20:56, Ken <kdfraze@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
> I want to set up a dual boot system and I was wondering, what do I have to
> do for this? Will I have to set it up in the bios? I have two hard drives.
>
> Thanx
> Ken
>
>
>


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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

 

Why undo the Windoes drive? david

--- On Thu, 12/30/10, John Randall <m0els@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: John Randall <m0els@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 9:11 AM

 

My pc a compaq presario which allows me to dual boot with a menu on startup.

Cannot remember if I had to download the app from hp/compaq, or if it was in the

bios. Just a tip, when you install linux on the other hd, disconnect you windows

hd, just incase linux takes over the mbr. Boot from the linux cd and install on

the hd you selected. Once done then reconnect your windows hd. Rather safe than

sorry.

John (Newbie)

________________________________

From: Ken <kdfraze@yahoo.com>

To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thu, 30 December, 2010 1:56:05

Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

Hello,

I want to set up a dual boot system and I was wondering, what do I have to do

for this? Will I have to set it up in the bios? I have two hard drives.

Thanx

Ken

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

[nslu2-linux] Re: unable to get cross compile environment to build existing packages like ffmpeg

 

It looks like ffmpeg.mk as it is in /trunk is missing a line that loads a critical patch, that oddly enough is already there in the patch directory..

changing line 51 from

FFMPEG_PATCHES=

to

FFMPEG_PATCHES= $(FFMPEG_SOURCE_DIR)/ffmpeg-swscale-headers.patch

seems to do the trick.

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, "dgreekas" <dgreekas@...> wrote:
>
> I followed this guide http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/AddAPackageToOptware
>
> I Setup a vm with Ubuntu 8, made sure I used gcc 3.3 and the right Libtool and Libtoolize.
>
> However the packages I want to build depend on ffmpeg and the ffmpeg make that comes down from optware ffmpeg template fails
>
> It seems like something might be broken in the source as some others have had trouble building their packages as well, I am getting the same type of errors found in this thread. http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-234713
>

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Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

Mike,

   I thought the same thing and my bad that I did not document which of the growing mods I performed when I did it over a year ago. I think that is the problem. I either need to get in there and change the mod or write some code that puts it in a loop after the system is properly shutdown. No big deal. It does what I really wanted it to do and that is recover and reboot at any power failure since I use it for remote temperature sensing.

Thanks and Happy New Year,  Doug
 
Doug Crompton
WA3DSP
www.crompton.com


From: Mike Westerhof (mwester) <mwester@dls.net>
To: nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 10:43:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

On 12/28/2010 9:44 PM, Doug wrote:
> Have an NSLU2 modified for instant on in the event of a power failure. The
> problem I am having is that when I do a
>
> 'shutdown now -h' in Debian in shuts down but then restarts again. So it is
> hard to do a clean shutdown. Anyone have an answer for this? I though halt was
> suppose to halt the processor after shutting down the OS.

On the NSLU2, there is no "halt" as such -- the processor sets a GPIO
pin to a state that "pulls the plug", and kills the processor.

You don't state which of the 12 or 13 (or is it more by now?) power mods
you have implemented, but it seems to me that whichever one it is, it's
'glitchy' and causes the hardware to re-power up after the GPIO turns it
off.

(AFAIK, Debian uses the same kernel as all the other firmwares, but if
that is not true, then this could be due to some difference in the way
Debian handles power-off --- all I can say is that my modified unit with
SlugOS works as expected.)

-Mike

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Re: [nslu2-linux] NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

On 12/28/2010 9:44 PM, Doug wrote:
> Have an NSLU2 modified for instant on in the event of a power failure. The
> problem I am having is that when I do a
>
> 'shutdown now -h' in Debian in shuts down but then restarts again. So it is
> hard to do a clean shutdown. Anyone have an answer for this? I though halt was
> suppose to halt the processor after shutting down the OS.

On the NSLU2, there is no "halt" as such -- the processor sets a GPIO
pin to a state that "pulls the plug", and kills the processor.

You don't state which of the 12 or 13 (or is it more by now?) power mods
you have implemented, but it seems to me that whichever one it is, it's
'glitchy' and causes the hardware to re-power up after the GPIO turns it
off.

(AFAIK, Debian uses the same kernel as all the other firmwares, but if
that is not true, then this could be due to some difference in the way
Debian handles power-off --- all I can say is that my modified unit with
SlugOS works as expected.)

-Mike

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[nslu2-linux] Re: NSLU2 shutdown problem

 

Does it support the -u option which pauses for 5 minutes (for a UPS poweroff) before actually attempting to power down?

--- In nslu2-linux@yahoogroups.com, Doug <dsc3507@...> wrote:
> 'shutdown now -h' in Debian in shuts down but then restarts again. So it is
> hard to do a clean shutdown. Anyone have an answer for this? I though halt was
> suppose to halt the processor after shutting down the OS.

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

 

My pc a compaq presario which allows me to dual boot with a menu on startup.
Cannot remember if I had to download the app from hp/compaq, or if it was in the
bios. Just a tip, when you install linux on the other hd, disconnect you windows
hd, just incase linux takes over the mbr. Boot from the linux cd and install on
the hd you selected. Once done then reconnect your windows hd. Rather safe than
sorry.

John (Newbie)

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From: Ken <kdfraze@yahoo.com>
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 30 December, 2010 1:56:05
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

Hello,
I want to set up a dual boot system and I was wondering, what do I have to do
for this? Will I have to set it up in the bios? I have two hard drives.

Thanx
Ken

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

[nslu2-linux] unable to get cross compile environment to build existing packages like ffmpeg

 

I followed this guide http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Optware/AddAPackageToOptware

I Setup a vm with Ubuntu 8, made sure I used gcc 3.3 and the right Libtool and Libtoolize.

However the packages I want to build depend on ffmpeg and the ffmpeg make that comes down from optware ffmpeg template fails

It seems like something might be broken in the source as some others have had trouble building their packages as well, I am getting the same type of errors found in this thread. http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/forum/t-234713

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Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Dual boot-up

 

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 01:56:05AM -0000, Ken wrote:
> Hello,
> I want to set up a dual boot system and I was wondering, what do I have to do for this? Will I have to set it up in the bios? I have two hard drives.
>

You shouldn't need to go into the BIOS. Most Linux distributions will
see a Windows installation and, during installation, will offer to set
up a dual boot.

Of course, it's always good to make sure you have a back up, but most
modern installations handle this without a problem. Then, when you
boot, you are offered the choice of which system to use.

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