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My problem is that I cannot find the madwifi:

mathias@dcerouter:/usr/pluto/diskless/31/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic$ ls
build   modules.alias   modules.ieee1394map  modules.ofmap     modules.symbols
initrd  modules.ccwmap  modules.inputmap     modules.pcimap    modules.usbmap
kernel  modules.dep     modules.isapnpmap    modules.seriomap  volatile
mathias@dcerouter:/usr/pluto/diskless/31/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic$

I don't think that it's nvidia that's causing my md not to boot, I guess it's something with the networking as you guys have said and since it stops with ath_pci, but I guess that I don't even have madwifi in the kernel for the md?

Greetings

Mathias

Hi Viking.

Thank you for your reply

1. I can't find anywhere in BIOS where I can disable WIFI, only networking in general.

2. It still stops with the ath_pci since I was not able to disable wifi in BIOS I guess.

3. Iam running this version: http://deb.linuxmce.org/ubuntu/new-installer-alpha-latest.tar.gz (installed it 7 days ago).

I would try installing the nvidia driver using chroot when I get home.

Best Regards

Mathias

I was told that my problem was because of the madwifi driver, but I can't find it anywhere in the disk image.

My Revo just stops booting when it comes to ath_pci. There isen't anyway of disabling wifi in BIOS, only all the network an that is a bad idea on a device that should netboot 

Best regards

Hi Viking 

Would you please PM me, if you get your Revo to work when you gets it? I have tried for some time but without luck.

Best regards.

Hi again, sorry it took so long time to respond, but i thought it would be better for me to reinstall the core (maybe I broke someting or so).

I followed the install videoes Krys just made.

totallymaxed:

I can't seem to find the madwifi on my diskless device, it looks like this:

mathias@dcerouter:/usr/pluto/diskless/31/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic$ ls
build   modules.alias   modules.ieee1394map  modules.ofmap     modules.symbols
initrd  modules.ccwmap  modules.inputmap     modules.pcimap    modules.usbmap
kernel  modules.dep     modules.isapnpmap    modules.seriomap  volatile
mathias@dcerouter:/usr/pluto/diskless/31/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic$

I cant see my kernel is newer than yours but I guess that isen't the problem?

Best regards

tkmedia:

It came with Windows Vista which I deleted before trying to boot up the Revo 
I deleted it with a Ubuntu live cd (9.04) which boots fine on the Revo, so it must be something with the Kubuntu 8.10

Totallymaxed I'll try that as soon as I get home from work

Thank you very much for the input

Best regards

Thank you very much, now my only problem is that I can't ssh to the MD because it's not booting up completly. I can se the disk though at the core in /usr/pluto/diskless/40 or something like that, but my problem is that the MD isn't booting up.

I have searched the forum for totallymaxed comments I think, but maybe I didn't look hard enough
From what I have been able to see, totallymaxed isn't mentioning anything about something that users of the Revo should be aware of other than the Nvidia driver.

Though disked installations isen't supported currently I would think that I should be able to at least boot up my Revo with a Kubuntu 8.10 livecd, shouldn't I?

Best regards

I just tried booting the Revo from a 8.10 i386 disk to see if it would work in a non-diskless setup, but the revo won't even boot Kubuntu, it gets stuck somewhere at the beginning of the progressbar without any errors. I'am booting with the default BIOS settings.

I guess if I can't even boot kubuntu from a live cd I can't make it to netboot the Revo from the Core either. Maybe it's still the ath_pci (wireless NIC) that is the problem, but I think it is strange that Kubuntu won't even boot because of the wireless NIC?

Best regards.

ahh okay, but (maybe another dumb question) how do I install the driver on the MD when it is diskless? 

Hi again,

I think I have misunderstood something 

Yesterday i tried to intall the new nvidia driver (180.51) on my hybrid, but that didn't work out very well, I was only able to install the 180.11. As I was going through the installation (I was having some permission problems on the hybrid according to the xserver) I thought it was strange that I should install the driver on the Hybrid because it was my MD that needed the driver?

I think I have misunderstood the concept on how the Hybrid/core works with the MD's. I would think that the boot image that my MD uses to boot over the network should have the newest nvidia driver or?

Also, as you're saying Tim, I think one of the problems is that I haven't disabled wifi in bios on the Revo (as the boot process stops with ath_pci) but I can't find anywhere in the BIOS where I can disabled wifi, I an only disabled Networking and if I do that, as expected Iam not able to network boot the MD

Hope you guys have the time to get me further 

I also tried installing the Nvidia driver from different tty's as suggested in the wiki.

Best regards

I'll try that later, thanks for the reply 

Best Regards

Mejborn

And it isen't included in 8.10 yet?

If it isn't, are there any wiki page that explains how to "update" my tftp boot image for my MD? If it's how I should do it?

Hi again,

It seems that totallymaxed is only talking about the nVidia 180.51 drivers but I think it's included in the 8.10.
I don't have any NIC problems after I upgraded to the 8.10.

I guess I have to fight with it some more, sadly it does not work out of the box for me 

Best regards.

It didn't help out to turn of ACPI, although it's stopping at another step (I guess it's earlier in the boot process since the number to the left is lower?)

Now it stops with:

[  26.179053] wlan: 0.9.4
[  26.298826] ath_pci: 0.9.4

Any ideas?

Best regards

Hi

No I haven't.

Wasn't sure that was an issue, I'll try that when I get home from work.

Best regards