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linux:play_with_alix2d13 [01.01.2014 15:53] – [LEDs] eanderalxlinux:play_with_alix2d13 [06.01.2014 14:16] – [Installation] eanderalx
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 ====== Play with Alix2D13 (Archlinux) ====== ====== Play with Alix2D13 (Archlinux) ======
-<note important>work in progress</note> 
 I bought an Alix board from [[http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm|PCEngines]] to experiment a little with it. Here are a few tips, no ready-made solutions for router or something like that only independent problem solver to run the Alix with Archlinux. I bought an Alix board from [[http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm|PCEngines]] to experiment a little with it. Here are a few tips, no ready-made solutions for router or something like that only independent problem solver to run the Alix with Archlinux.
 ~~READMORE~~ ~~READMORE~~
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 This Alix had no VGA connector and no normal BIOS it's sort of the essential version. No Boot from!\\ This Alix had no VGA connector and no normal BIOS it's sort of the essential version. No Boot from!\\
 There are a few documentations how to boot from stick or something link that with an help System on an a CF Card but I think the simplest way is to install the system on a CF using an other i686 PC or an virtual machine. There are a few documentations how to boot from stick or something link that with an help System on an a CF Card but I think the simplest way is to install the system on a CF using an other i686 PC or an virtual machine.
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 +After you boot the CF inside your Alix you have to boot the fallback kernel because the autodetect hook is build for the machine on which you installed the system. The command ''mkinicpio -p linux'' fix this when running your system on the alix.
 ==== changes for serial console ==== ==== changes for serial console ====
 After installation we have to mad some adjustments to see something on the serial console.\\ After installation we have to mad some adjustments to see something on the serial console.\\
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 fi fi
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 +**That's all for now, perhaps more later!**
linux/play_with_alix2d13.txt · Last modified: 28.08.2014 11:18 by eanderalx