Debian Lenny CF Image file for Pc Engines Alix 2D2 available for download

You can download and try a ready Compact Flash image for PC Engines Alix 2D2 created following the guide described in our previous posts.

I tried this image in a live Alix 2D2 for several days without having any problem… but this image is still in Beta and may have some issues.

Alix 2D2 is shipped without RTC clock, so a NTP server is installed.

If the network connection isn’t available it can take a while for booting, don’t worry.

You will need a 4 GB Compact Flash and a CF reader, for example a USB unit.

With Linux it’s pretty simple to download a pre-built image file and writing it to a compact flash.

First of all enter the tmp directory where you will download the file.

debiandev:~# cd /tmp
debiandev:~# wget http://www.networksoul.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lenny-master-ntp-alix.tar.gz

Uncompress the file:

debiandev:~# tar -xzf ./lenny-master-ntp-alix.tar.gz

If you want check the integrity of the downloaded file:

debiandev:~# md5sum -c lenny-master-ntp-alix.md5

If everything is ok the output is like this: “lenny-master-ntp-alix.image: OK”

Find the special device assigned to your CF unit:

debiandev:~# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 42.9 GB, 42949672960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5221 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aad23

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 5033 40427541 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 5034 5221 1510110 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 5034 5221 1510078+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 4034 MB, 4034838528 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 490 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0×00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

For example, in my case the special device assigned to USB card reader is sdb
Now let’s write the image file into the CF with the command “dd”

debiandev:~/test-pub# dd if=/tmp/lenny-master-ntp-alix.image of=/dev/sdb
7880544+0 records in
7880544+0 records out
4034838528 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 2167.93 s, 1.9 MB/s

Depending on the size and the speed of your card/reader.. it can took a while.

- Minimal Debian Lenny installation
- Lightweight Linux Kernel optimized for Alix/WRAP board (Voyage Linux)
- Custom kernel modules for Alix board
- Console on the serial port
- Filesystem configured to minimize write access to the CF (tmpfs)
- NTP server syncronized with nt1.ien.it

This image has Eth0 configured with the following parameters:

IP: 192.168.1.99
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: OpenDNS

Openssh-server is enabled, you can manage your new server via console or SSH with:

Username: root
Password: networksoul

After having logged on, you can change the password with the command “passwd“.

After having written the CF with “dd”, you can mount the partition (for example with “mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cf“).
If you want to change network configuration, edit the files “/etc/network/interfaces” and “/etc/resolv.conf” to set your own IP and DNS.

For any problem or if you simply find useful our work… please leave a comment! :)

This is the download link for this pre-built image (size 247 MB):

Image file Debian Lenny with Voyage kernel for Pc Engines Alix 2DX


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Monday, August 17th, 2009 Debian Lenny, Home server, Linux, Voyage Linux

36 Comments to Debian Lenny CF Image file for Pc Engines Alix 2D2 available for download

  1. bonjour , j’aurai aimé savoir quel est le file system de l’image car je n’arrive pas à le monter (car j’aimerai diminuer la taille de l’image) sous debian en -o loop alors que le md5 est correct.

  2. eaon on October 22nd, 2009
  3. I have the same problem:
    mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf
    mount: you must specify the filesystem type.

    Thought it would be ext2:
    mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf
    mount: wrong fs type, bad options, …

    dmesg | tail
    VFS: Can’t find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda1.

  4. Pierre Bourgault on January 23rd, 2010
  5. At least I am now able to boot and login to the Alix !! However, I wish I was able to mount it on my PC, I have a few things to configure (e.g. network, user space software, etc.).

  6. Pierre Bourgault on January 23rd, 2010
  7. I can now mount the filesystem on the PC. After running linux off the flash card on the Alix, I moved the card back to the PC and the mount command now works !

  8. Pierre Bourgault on January 25th, 2010
  9. Thank you for the article to install Voyage on an Alix 2d2. I followed the directions and have a working system but am having trouble getting the networking to work. ifconfig only shows loopback lo. Running “dmesg | grep -3 -i eth” shows the initial boot found eth0 (and eth1) as:

    eth0: VIA Rhine III (Management Adapter) at 0xe0000000, 00:0d:b9:19:b2:08, IRQ 10.
    eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 45e1.

    Don’t know much about this but I believe the systems is finding the ethernet ports at boot time. Where I found this I found and tried:

    ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.99 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

    but get the error:

    SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
    eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

    I’m sorry to bother you but I’m not sure where to go from here. The problem seems somewhere between the Alix 2d2 and your Voyage build so I don’t know who else to ask.

    Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

    Hugh

  10. Hugh Currin on February 2nd, 2010
  11. [...] usefull information can be found at networksoul and this chaos [...]

  12. Voyage Linux on an ALIX.2D13 at blog.gauner.org on February 25th, 2010
  13. I love it!

  14. Mark Vice on June 12th, 2010
  15. I have the same problem: mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf mount: you must specify the filesystem type. Thought it would be ext2: mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf mount: wrong fs type, bad options, … dmesg | tail VFS: Can’t find an ext2 filesystem on dev sda1.

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