[ARMedslack] ARMedSlack on Seagate Dockstar

[Rich]

Well, i think its good news because you confirmed that the installer can 
be started and  you seem to have gone through a complete installation.  
Now  I think you hit the next problem. The installed system doesn't boot 
because there is no real time clock in the dockstar and hence all the 
files have dates of 1969.  What's happen is when the system is booting 
it tries to check the root file system and gets an "unexpected 
inconsistency" and requires users input to do a manual fsck on the file 
system.  If you had a serial line you would be able to type in the root 
password and then continue doing a fsck.  Once completed, it would 
reboot into the system.  The way around this is to a add this file to 
the /etc directory.
      ftp://laprjns.com/in/e2fsck.conf
Apparently this configuration file tells fsck to ignore bad file dates.  
You should add this at the end of the install before rebooting.  I would 
also suggest at this time you make the necessary changes to start the 
ntp daemon on boot up.  Just do a chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.ntpd along with 
making the necessary change to /etc/ntp.conf.   It should boot after this.

How long did it take for you installation?  I been using an Adata 4G usb 
stick and it took hours to install the packages.  Base on that I really 
not sure that this is a viable way to install armedSlack on the dockstar.

As for the serial cable, here's where I got mine.
     
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Data-Cable-Nokia-6101-6102-6102i-6103-CA-42-/200353624748?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2ea601b2ac

It  literally came on a slow boat from China :)

Regards

Rich Lapointe

On 01/25/2011 05:30 PM, Christophe Lyon wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Rich<richard.lapointe at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> OK, I've got a way of getting the installer started on my Dockstar without
>> the use of a serial line.
>>      
> Thanks for this procedure. I have tried it but... The installer
> started, and the installation seemed to be OK, but when I reboot, the
> netconsole only shows "Starting kernel...." and I am not able to ssh
> into the dockstar anymore :-(
> At configuration time, I have asked for DHCP, so I think it's OK.
>
> Any hints except buying a serial cable? :-) (BTW, any pointer to the
> right cable to purchase?)
>
> Christophe.
>
>