[loongson-dev] Trying to get an OS onto a Yeeloong 2F
Hi all, I've dug my Yeeloong 2F out of storage and have been trying to get an OS onto it. I've tried Debian, but it fails to install GRUB - then cannot find boot.cfg when it tries to boot. I wasn't able to manually boot it with karg. The only OS's I've managed to get onto it successfully are the Lemote Debian restore and Free BSD. The former is in Chinese and the latter doesn't have functioning wireless. :( I've had Debian working fine on it in the past - I'm not sure what to do. I'll settle for any OS, command line or GUI as long as it's in English and the Wifi works. Would appreciate some advice as to what's currently the best OS to put on this system. The Lemote Debian would be fine if I could get it into English. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [loongson-dev] Trying to get an OS onto a Yeeloong 2F
Hi all, thanks for the suggestions. I've tried gnewsense recently and had the same problem as Debian. For Debian I used the page linked above. I'm trying to install Gentoo now, but I don't understand how to use fdisk to create the partitions. I haven't created disk partitions with commands since Windows 95. :D On Monday, August 4, 2014 10:03:23 PM UTC+10, Anthony Basile wrote: > > On 08/03/14 21:46, Dennis Lan (dlan) wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Justin Cormack > > > wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 12:13 PM, David Crawford > wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I've dug my Yeeloong 2F out of storage and have been trying to get an > OS > >>> onto it. I've tried Debian, but it fails to install GRUB - then > cannot find > >>> boot.cfg when it tries to boot. I wasn't able to manually boot it with > karg. > >>> > >>> The only OS's I've managed to get onto it successfully are the Lemote > Debian > >>> restore and Free BSD. The former is in Chinese and the latter doesn't > have > >>> functioning wireless. :( > >>> > >>> I've had Debian working fine on it in the past - I'm not sure what to > do. > >>> I'll settle for any OS, command line or GUI as long as it's in English > and > >>> the Wifi works. Would appreciate some advice as to what's currently > the best > >>> OS to put on this system. The Lemote Debian would be fine if I could > get it > >>> into English. > >> Gentoo worked well for me. But installing it was a pain from memory, I > >> seem to remember just untarring it into a spare partition in the > >> existing system and then setting the bootloader to boot into it. > >> > >> Justin > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "loongson-dev" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to loongson-dev...@googlegroups.com . > >> To post to this group, send email to loongs...@googlegroups.com > . > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > https://blogs.gentoo.org/blueness/2014/07/02/continued-support-for-the-lemote-yeeloong-gentoo-mips-is-alive-and-well/ > > > > > http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/mips/desktop-loongson2f/ > > check the README file, all should good to go. > > > > Also read https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/mips/yeeloong.xml It > should not be too hard to install. I did my best to make it as painless > as possible. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[loongson-dev] Re: Trying to get an OS onto a Yeeloong 2F
I've tried to install gnewsense tonight. The install went fine, however I get this when booting into the OS: Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount fs on unknown-block(8,6) On Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:13:32 PM UTC+10, David Crawford wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've dug my Yeeloong 2F out of storage and have been trying to get an OS > onto it. I've tried Debian, but it fails to install GRUB - then cannot > find boot.cfg when it tries to boot. I wasn't able to manually boot it with > karg. > > The only OS's I've managed to get onto it successfully are the Lemote > Debian restore and Free BSD. The former is in Chinese and the latter > doesn't have functioning wireless. :( > > I've had Debian working fine on it in the past - I'm not sure what to do. > I'll settle for any OS, command line or GUI as long as it's in English and > the Wifi works. Would appreciate some advice as to what's currently the > best OS to put on this system. The Lemote Debian would be fine if I could > get it into English. > > David > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [loongson-dev] Re: Trying to get an OS onto a Yeeloong 2F
Hi Sam, For some reason the machine is missing boot.cfg again, it cannot be found at boot. I don't understand how this happened to Debian and gnewsense, they both used to work fine. The full error when I boot via karg is VFS cannot open root device sda6 or unknown block8,6) error -6 Please append a correct "root=" boot option, here are the partitions Sda1, sda2, sda5 Then the kernel panic error. I auto partitioned when loading gnewsense. Thanks agains, David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[loongson-dev] Re: Trying to get an OS onto a Yeeloong 2F
ah got it! I didn't realise I had to at al and karg :D On Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:13:32 PM UTC+10, David Crawford wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've dug my Yeeloong 2F out of storage and have been trying to get an OS > onto it. I've tried Debian, but it fails to install GRUB - then cannot > find boot.cfg when it tries to boot. I wasn't able to manually boot it with > karg. > > The only OS's I've managed to get onto it successfully are the Lemote > Debian restore and Free BSD. The former is in Chinese and the latter > doesn't have functioning wireless. :( > > I've had Debian working fine on it in the past - I'm not sure what to do. > I'll settle for any OS, command line or GUI as long as it's in English and > the Wifi works. Would appreciate some advice as to what's currently the > best OS to put on this system. The Lemote Debian would be fine if I could > get it into English. > > David > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
