Changes between Version 63 and Version 64 of FreeBSD10_Guide

Timestamp:

Aug 29, 2014, 10:47:28 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

huub

Comment:

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FreeBSD10_Guide

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  Note 2: The geometry of the cf card is defined in the nanobsd configuration file $R/cfg/nanobsd.wleiden
- The 'default' values are for a Peak 1 GB card. They also work on an Alix2D3 board with a 1 GB PCEngines 'blanc' cf card and 1 or 2 GB Transcend cf cards although those geometries are different. There are issues with Soekris boards, depending on the BIOS version.
+ The 'default' values are for a Peak 1 GB card. They also work on an Alix2D3 board with a 1 GB PCEngines 'blanc' cf card and 1 or 2 GB Transcend cf cards although those geometries are different. There are issues with Soekris boards, depending on the BIOS version. The geometry of the cf-disk is as follows: 
+{{{
+parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=1966 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
+Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
+parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=1966 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
+Media sector size is 512
+Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
+Information from DOS bootblock is:
+The data for partition 1 is: 
+    sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
+    start 63, size 820449 (400 Meg), flag 80 (active)
+    beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1;
+    end: cyl 406/ head 31/ sector 63
+The data for partition 2 is:
+    sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
+    start 820575, size 820449 (400 Meg), flag 0
+    beg: cyl 407/ head 1/ sector 1;
+    end: cyl 813/ head 31/ sector 63
+The data for partition 3 is:
+    sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
+    start 1641024, size 10080 (4 Meg), flag 0
+    beg: cyl 814/ head 0/ sector 1;
+    end: cyl 818/ head 31/ sector 63
+The data for partition 4 is: <UNUSED>
+}}}
 
 == C. Fetch node configuration onto image, write to CF disk or remotely update ==
 
-=== C.1. Fetch configuration ===
+=== C.1. Fetch node-configuration ===
  
  build# $R/tools/image config for <HybridNodename>
 
-The script is connecting to the [http://svn.wirelessleiden.nl/svn/node-config/genesis/nodes/ Wireless Leiden 'genesis' database]. First make sure that the configuration file is up to date by clicking the 'update' button on [http://sunfire.wirelessleiden.nl/wleiden/config/ http://sunfire.wirelessleiden.nl/wleiden/config/] Pick your situation! Note: proxy configurations are [http://sunfire.wirelessleiden.nl/wleiden/config/ here].
+The script is connecting to the [http://svn.wirelessleiden.nl/svn/node-config/genesis/nodes/ Wireless Leiden 'genesis' database]. First make sure that the configuration file is up to date by clicking the 'update' button on [http://sunfire.wirelessleiden.nl/wleiden/config/ http://sunfire.wirelessleiden.nl/wleiden/config/]. 
 
 You can inspect the image bij mounting as memory disk:
@@ -230 +254 @@
 === C.2. Write the correct image to CF (media based on SLC and not MLC flash seem to perform much better)===
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-    ''NOTE:'' '''''_.disk.full''''' is required for '''new CF cards''' as it contains two base systems and one configuration. [[BR]]
-              '''''_.disk.image''''' on the other hand can be used to update an '''existing CF card''' 
+    ''NOTE:'' '''''_.disk.full''''' is required for '''new CF cards''' as it contains two base system-partitions and one configuration partition. [[BR]]
+              '''''_.disk.image''''' can be used to update one system-partitioin on an '''existing CF card''' 
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@@ -243 +267 @@
     build# dd bs=64k if=/usr/obj/nanobsd.wleiden-hybrid/_.disk.full of=/dev/da0
      
-    (assuming {{{/dev/da0}}} is your compact flash entry; this takes about 15 minutes, check progress by typing Ctrl-T; you may wish to check afterwards with fdisk whether there 
-    are three partitions on the disk, you can also mount /dev/da0s1a and /dev/da0s3 and check the configuration)
+    (assuming {{{/dev/da0}}} is your compact flash entry; this takes about 15 minutes, check progress by typing Ctrl-T; you may wish to check afterwards with fdisk whether there are three partitions on the disk. You can also mount /dev/da0s1a and /dev/da0s3 and check the configuration)
 
     a. '''Existing image''': Put partial image on slice (slice 2) (attach a card reader/writer with the CF disk containing the existing image)