Comments on: Installing Ubuntu on the BBS2 http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/ Code, Apps, Thoughts & Dribble Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: matt http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-78 matt Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:51:46 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-78 Sorry for the delay, was on my hols. Samba can't get much simpler than this :) http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/?p=181 Sorry for the delay, was on my hols.
Samba can’t get much simpler than this :) http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed/?p=181

]]> By: hieroglyph http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-75 hieroglyph Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:50:47 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-75 @Chris, cool, good news it's not just me... Now if only I could get the samba config right so that I can share the raid array with the vista laptop and xp desktop ~ sounds very similar to what you have matt, can you point me to a good guide for hardy heron? I love this piece of kit and am frustrated by my almost-linux-newbie status *sigh* @Chris, cool, good news it’s not just me…

Now if only I could get the samba config right so that I can share the raid array with the vista laptop and xp desktop ~ sounds very similar to what you have matt, can you point me to a good guide for hardy heron?

I love this piece of kit and am frustrated by my almost-linux-newbie status *sigh*

]]> By: Chris http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Chris Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:28:07 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-77 I used the same setup, 3 x 1Tb Caviar Greens and it took about the same amount of time to setup. It's an overnight job for sure. I used the same setup, 3 x 1Tb Caviar Greens and it took about the same amount of time to setup. It’s an overnight job for sure.

]]> By: cookie http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-82 cookie Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:04:29 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-82 Just in case people come back to this page, my USB boot issue was caused by one of (a) bios setting for treating USB drives as fixed (b) misc other bios boot order settings or (c) selecting the advanced install option to put GRUB on the removable drive (and then having to edit the file afterwards). I am fairly sure (c) was important but I am not sure how much (a) or (b) matter. I need to investigate what the BIOS settings mean. matt ~ what are your BIOS boot settings? Also ~ I am now building the RAID array from 3xWD 1TB Caviar Green and it is going to take about 10 hours! This seems slow to me, any comments? Just in case people come back to this page, my USB boot issue was caused by one of (a) bios setting for treating USB drives as fixed (b) misc other bios boot order settings or (c) selecting the advanced install option to put GRUB on the removable drive (and then having to edit the file afterwards). I am fairly sure (c) was important but I am not sure how much (a) or (b) matter. I need to investigate what the BIOS settings mean.

matt ~ what are your BIOS boot settings?

Also ~ I am now building the RAID array from 3xWD 1TB Caviar Green and it is going to take about 10 hours! This seems slow to me, any comments?

]]> By: cookie http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-81 cookie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:23:54 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-81 Dang nabbit. I tried booting to the Jaunty live (desktop) CD and using that tool to make a bootable USB stick > same "Boot Error" message. I went into the bbs2 bios to load the optimal settings (just in case) but still no joy (with or without the 3 x blank 1TB green HDDs installed). I am wondering if the host PC used to make the USB stick (AMD64) sets the USB system incorrectly for the target ATOM system? Anyway, can you suggest a good site / forum to use to get help? Otherwise I'll have to go out and buy a USB cd drive... P.S. Have you opened your case? Dang nabbit. I tried booting to the Jaunty live (desktop) CD and using that tool to make a bootable USB stick > same “Boot Error” message. I went into the bbs2 bios to load the optimal settings (just in case) but still no joy (with or without the 3 x blank 1TB green HDDs installed).

I am wondering if the host PC used to make the USB stick (AMD64) sets the USB system incorrectly for the target ATOM system?

Anyway, can you suggest a good site / forum to use to get help? Otherwise I’ll have to go out and buy a USB cd drive…

P.S. Have you opened your case?

]]> By: matt http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-79 matt Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:22:36 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-79 Glad you are finding the information of use. I used the create bootable USB drive option in ubuntu System > Adminsitration > USB Startup Disk Creator, I am not sure, but the option may be available on the Live CD. Glad you are finding the information of use. I used the create bootable USB drive option in ubuntu System > Adminsitration > USB Startup Disk Creator, I am not sure, but the option may be available on the Live CD.

]]> By: cookie http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-80 cookie Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:06:34 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-80 hi matt, my bbs2 arrived yesterday (woo!) and I am now trying to install ubuntu onto a USB stick (I thought that sounded a great idea). I was wondering how you got Ubuntu installed onto a USB stick ~ I have triedUNbootin from windoze but so far without success... Thanks for making this available... hi matt,

my bbs2 arrived yesterday (woo!) and I am now trying to install ubuntu onto a USB stick (I thought that sounded a great idea). I was wondering how you got Ubuntu installed onto a USB stick ~ I have triedUNbootin from windoze but so far without success…

Thanks for making this available…

]]> By: matt http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-76 matt Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:09:10 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-76 I've just had a problem with mine where the temp, buzzer kept on going off, even when the temperature was fine. After talkind to tranquil, they suggested re-seating the fan, which so far (about 36hrs) has fixed the problem. I gather there are different fans shipped in the past that had speed detection etc, but my Category 'D' (written in pen on the sticker :) ) is one of the fluid dynamic baring types and as it's so quite it just runs full pelt all the time. This is pretty average for my box: Chip Temp: +39.0 C CPU Temp: +54.0 C Sys Temp: +47.0 C I didn't want to venture into jaunty as I port forwarding couple of services so I went with the hopefully "fully" secure LTS edition. Thanks for all your comments guys... I’ve just had a problem with mine where the temp, buzzer kept on going off, even when the temperature was fine. After talkind to tranquil, they suggested re-seating the fan, which so far (about 36hrs) has fixed the problem.
I gather there are different fans shipped in the past that had speed detection etc, but my Category ‘D’ (written in pen on the sticker :) ) is one of the fluid dynamic baring types and as it’s so quite it just runs full pelt all the time.

This is pretty average for my box:
Chip Temp: +39.0 C
CPU Temp: +54.0 C
Sys Temp: +47.0 C

I didn’t want to venture into jaunty as I port forwarding couple of services so I went with the hopefully “fully” secure LTS edition.

Thanks for all your comments guys…

]]> By: david http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-85 david Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:35:26 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-85 I've just got my BBS2 and have installed Ubuntu 9.04. All is fine, but the fan doesn't seem to be variable in speed and the cpu scaling didn't work "out of the box". Did you have have any problems getting the fan to work as expected? My box got a little warm as a result :-) I’ve just got my BBS2 and have installed Ubuntu 9.04. All is fine, but the fan doesn’t seem to be variable in speed and the cpu scaling didn’t work “out of the box”. Did you have have any problems getting the fan to work as expected? My box got a little warm as a result :-)

]]> By: matt http://lummie.co.uk/installing-ubuntu-on-the-bbs2/comment-page-1/#comment-83 matt Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:41:20 +0000 http://lummie.co.uk/?p=396#comment-83 I tried webmin in the ubuntu vm and as well as the UI not being as nice and simple as ebox, I had problems with it expecting config files to be in different places. e.g when I tried to create the raid with webmin, it put the mdadm config file in etc, where as ubuntu uses a mdadm sub folder. I did not investigate if this was easy to change or not, but ebox seems to be more ubuntu orientated. To make the perfect box for me, I'd love ubuntu to support zfs in the kernel. It seems this maybe a pipe dream at the moment due to licensing but as soon as I can get check-summed raid going I'd be happy that the box was "data secure". I tried webmin in the ubuntu vm and as well as the UI not being as nice and simple as ebox, I had problems with it expecting config files to be in different places. e.g when I tried to create the raid with webmin, it put the mdadm config file in etc, where as ubuntu uses a mdadm sub folder. I did not investigate if this was easy to change or not, but ebox seems to be more ubuntu orientated.

To make the perfect box for me, I’d love ubuntu to support zfs in the kernel. It seems this maybe a pipe dream at the moment due to licensing but as soon as I can get check-summed raid going I’d be happy that the box was “data secure”.

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