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linux:play_with_alix2d13 [01.01.2014 15:55] – [Hardware switch] eanderalxlinux:play_with_alix2d13 [28.08.2014 11:18] (current) eanderalx
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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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 ===== LEDs ===== ===== LEDs =====
 On the Alix 2D13 are three LEDs. Where you power on the Alix first all three and where the system boots the first LED is on. To control it from the running system we need an kernel modul which is not included in the Arch Kernel, the name is leds-alix.\\ On the Alix 2D13 are three LEDs. Where you power on the Alix first all three and where the system boots the first LED is on. To control it from the running system we need an kernel modul which is not included in the Arch Kernel, the name is leds-alix.\\
-In the Ubuntu or Debian Repos there is the [[http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/leds-alix/leds-alix_0.0.1.orig.tar.gz|source Code]] and the module could be compiled after an small adjustment to the code. Thanks to the arch wiki i found out that I have to a the include<code c++>#include "linux/module.h"</code>+In the Ubuntu or Debian Repos there is the [[http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/leds-alix/leds-alix_0.0.1.orig.tar.gz|source Code]] and the module could be compiled after an small adjustment to the code. Thanks to the arch forum i found out that I have to a the include<code c++>#include "linux/module.h"</code>
 afterwards the module could be compiled and installed. It work perfectly.\\ afterwards the module could be compiled and installed. It work perfectly.\\
 [[http://wiki.debianforum.de/Debian_Squeeze_auf_einem_Alix_2D13#LEDs_ansteuern|Here]] some german Debian doku how to work with the control files. [[http://wiki.debianforum.de/Debian_Squeeze_auf_einem_Alix_2D13#LEDs_ansteuern|Here]] some german Debian doku how to work with the control files.
linux/play_with_alix2d13.txt · Last modified: 28.08.2014 11:18 by eanderalx