Alix 2D13

[stefferber]

After two weekends of trying I gave up to install metehub on my Alix 2D13 LX800. The boot process always stalled after the ready message.

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PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h
640 KB Base Memory
261120 KB Extended Memory
01F0 Master 044A CF CARD 8GB                             
Phys C/H/S 15538/16/63 Log C/H/S 974/255/63 LBA

SYSLINUX 3.63 Debian-2008-04-10 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Loading linux.........................
Loading initrd.gz...................................................................................ready.

I tried different CF cards, USB stick, and a standard Debian Linux Image. All failed. The only software I could make run on the Alix 2D was IPCop 1.4 CF image http://www.ipcop-forum.de/index.php

I ordered a DreamPlug today so I will not continue to work on Alix. Just in case somebody else has the same problem: You are not allone...

[admin]

Hardware section on meteohub.de cleary says that ALIX1D, ALIX3D2 and ALIX3D3 are supported.
So I am not too surprised that your series 2 ALIX board does not do.

[stefferber]

Yes, I know that Alix 2D was not included in the list. From what I learned in the IPCop Forum it is possbile to tweak a Debian to all Alix boards...

[xor]

up!!! syslinux bootloader on pendrive! on meteohab grub!
you put on the wrong image cf

hello!
I meteohab runs on platforms 2D2 and 6F2
PC Engines ALIX.2 v0.99h
PC Engines ALIX.6 v0.99j
on the platform without vga output and keyboard port input / output to be redirected to the com port.
try using GRUB and all output is sent ttyS0

serial --speed=38400
terminal serial
...root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet console=ttyS0,38400n8

/etc/inittab
#1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
#2:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
#3:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
#4:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
#5:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
#6:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty6

T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400