Wiki for Installing Pandebian (Pandora with Debian)

[Linux-SWAT]

The rootfs is unzipped on a SD, not on NAND, and boots from it, therefore it's not a reflash.

So you won't loose your warranty. I swear.

 

[patrick295767]

http://openpandora.org/firmware/images/uImage-omap3-pandora.bin.md5

OK, so my procedure was correct. 

I now can see the "boot SD:1" at boot menu.

When I activate it, then, I see the logo, then fast a black blank screen, and nothing else. 

So it seems that the problem comes  frmo this image: 

this image hangs at boot of the pandora 

http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-1.0.5-grip.tar.bz2

Note that you have no other alternatives since there are not available any longer:

DEAD LINK: http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-1.0.4-grip.tar.bz2

DEAD LINK: http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-minimal-1.0.2.tar.bz2

 

[Linux-SWAT]

You don't need to push R with an autoboot.txt.

Are you sure your system partition is the first on the card ?

 

[patrick295767]

You don't need to push R with an autoboot.txt.

Are you sure your system partition is the first on the card ?

http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-1.0.5-grip.tar.bz2

with this image, it remains always the same result: black screen at boot.  (that I run it normally without or without holdign R key (trigger on "cockpit").

I see the linux booting but it last less than 1sec and I have no time to read what is the very early message at boot.

Linux boot gives first 10-15 lines, and then black screen. 

my file is fine in terms of integrity : pandora-squeeze-1.0.5-grip.tar.bz2

 

[patrick295767]

Is this file ok ?

- no, for my 1GHz

http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-1.0.5-grip.tar.bz2

- Indeed, I have copied the NAND on the SD card, and tried to boot it. via boot.txt and "boot SD:1"

   Results: MAGIC! It works

this means that http://www.stuckiegamez.co.uk/apps/pandora/Debian/pandora-squeeze-1.0.5-grip.tar.bz2

the wiki SHALL be updated and files as well, since they are Broken.

Yours Sincerely

 

[patrick295767]

I just installed debian using sd using the cdebootstrap 

I boot debian

I get 

pandora login

I have tried all possible things, even the angstrom login / password that I created.

login: root

pwd: root

not working

login: pandora

pwd: debian

not working

WHat is it please ? 

(must rush)

 

[Linux-SWAT]

root

Without password ?

 

[patrick295767]

I did this way

rootcd /tmp -- Again, if you downloaded elsewhere, change to that directory instead.

ar xv cdebootstrap*.deb -- We're using the archive tool to extract with verbosity our cdebootstrap package. 

sudo tar -zxvf data.tar.gz -C / -- Now we're using tar to extract, with gzip support, again with verbosity, the file data.tar.gz, changing the Current directory to / so that it extracts systemwide on our NAND. We're running this command sudo so we have write permissions.


Now we just run cdebootstrap-static with a few parameters, and wait.

sudo cdebootstrap-static --allow-unauthenticated -f minimal squeeze /media/mmcblk1p1

 

root

Without password ?

I hhave tried too this alternative..

no password (press enter)

Nope ... no idea

didnt work

help

 

[patrick295767]

got it. I had to hack the SD unfortunately. 

I didnt like that I had to do cold power. so I did afterwards fsck.ext2.

Now I am insalling the minimum : ssh, openbox, ... tint2, .. and sauerbraten works btw?