AskoziaPBX – Write Askozia image on CF (LINUX)
How to create a Compact Flash from scratch (LINUX): Prerequisites The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions: · Download the AskoziaPBX preconfigured image from here in /tmp directory · Compact Flash at least 128MB · Alix 2Dx Embedded Appliance · A PC with LINUX OS (UBUNTU in our case) Write preconfigured IMAGE to CF from scratch: 1. First of all, list all device partition table; please, don’t plugin the CF device networksoul@linux:/$ sudo fdisk –l [sudo] password for networksoul: <enter root password> Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0×00072332 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 993 7976241 83 Linux /dev/sda2 994 1044 409657+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 994 1044 409626 82 Linux swap / Solaris networksoul@linux:/$ /dev/sda is the hard disk 2. Plug the CF into the reader, and list all partition table again networksoul@linux:/$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0×00072332 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 993 7976241 83 Linux /dev/sda2 994 1044 409657+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 994 1044 409626 82 Linux swap / Solaris Disk /dev/sdc: 2048 MB, 2048901120 bytes 64 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1008 cylinders Units = cylinders of 3968 * 512 = 2031616 bytes Disk identifier: 0×70707573 This doesn’t look like a partition table Probably you selected the wrong device. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 ? 428932 916907 968143376 d Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(255, 105, 46) logical=(428931, 3, 57) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(370, 10, 5) logical=(916906, 35, 24) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc2 ? 428931 566055 272054928 a OS/2 Boot Manager Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(781, 111, 63) logical=(428930, 26, 34) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 80, 50) logical=(566054, 55, 59) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc3 ? 445839 891749 884685616+ 6f Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 97, 51) logical=(445838, 30, 47) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 48) logical=(891748, 36, 27) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdc4 ? 727239 727252 26849 a OS/2 Boot Manager Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(269, 114, 37) logical=(727238, 12, 25) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 0, 0) logical=(727251, 46, 30) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. Partition table entries are not in disk order networksoul@linux:/$ /dev/sda is the hard disk /dev/sdc is the CF; note that there are several non linux partitionbut this is not a problem! 3. List the image; we put it on /tmp directory networksoul@linux:/$ cd /tmp networksoul@linux:/tmp$dir askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.ZIP networksoul@linux:/tmp$ 4. Unzip the image networksoul@linux:/tmp$ networksoul@linux:/tmp$ unzip askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.ZIP Archive: askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.ZIP inflating: askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.img networksoul@linux:/tmp$ dir askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.img askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.ZIP networksoul@linux:/tmp$ 5. Umount the device networksoul@linux:/tmp$umount /dev/sdc 6. Copy the image on the CF and list the write partition networksoul@linux:/tmp$ sudo dd if=askoziapbx-ITv10-alix23x-1.0.3.img of=/dev/sdc 247968+0 records in 247968+0 records out 126959616 bytes (127 MB) copied, 150,03 s, 846 kB/s networksoul@linux:/tmp$ networksoul@linux:/tmp$ networksoul@linux:/tmp$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0×00072332 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 993 7976241 83 Linux /dev/sda2 994 1044 409657+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 994 1044 409626 82 Linux swap / Solaris This disk has both DOS and BSD magic. Give the ‘b’ command to go to BSD mode. Disk /dev/sdc: 2048 MB, 2048901120 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 249 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0×90909090 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc4 * 1 4 25000 a5 FreeBSD Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(3, 28, 41) networksoul@linux:/tmp$ END JOB; now your IP PBX is ready to work3 Comments to AskoziaPBX – Write Askozia image on CF (LINUX)
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[...] Getting started After installed the preconfigured AskoziaPBX image on Compact flash (see Write Askozia image on CF), you are able to connect to the ALIX embedded appliance for verify configuration and tune it! [...]
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