40.42 Ipex (Atom)
Atom is a standalone with 4GB of memory, a 120GB hard disk, a DVD\(\pm\)RW Dual Layer burner, and a removable caddy-based 40GB hard drive (but not hot swappable). Initially it had no network connection and the installation was from DVD, preserving a pre-installed MS/Windows XP.
A default install using the Release Candidate 3 Debian Installer, booting from a DVD+RW was performed. The DVD image was obtained using jigdo-file (see Section ??).
40.42.1 Atom Specifications
From the lspci and lshw commands and
/proc/cpuinfo:
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Machine: | Ipex T400 |
| CPU: | Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz |
| Bogomips: | 5976 |
| Memory: | 4GB |
| Network: | 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (e100) |
| Disk: | 120GB SAMSUNG SP1213N |
| 40GB SAMSUNG SP0413N | |
| Video: | Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Device (i830) |
| Audio: | Intel 82801 EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC’97 Audio Control |
| CD/DVD: | PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 |
| Hostname: | atom |
| Domainname: | togaware.com |
| Boot: | Grub |
| Kernel: | 2.6.11-1-686-smp, 2.4.27 |
40.42.2 Atom Install Log
40.42.2.1 17 Dec 2005
Standard install with no issues: lang=English, location=Australia, kb=American English, no network, hostname=atom, erase disk, multi-user workstation, write partition changes, install grub, reboot.
Root passwd, user account, apt install.
Install sudo for wajig.
Package installs. StartX (choosing defaults for setup) has no problems.
Install kernel-image-2.6.8-1-282-smp, with acpi=off.
40.42.2.2 12 Apr 2005
The internal disk failed. System started freezing up and the disk drive was ``clicking.’’ A temporary install to the removable hard drive followed the above steps, installing kernel-image-2.6.11.
Default partition was:
| Spec | Details |
|---|
40.42.2.3 4 May 2005
Installation repeated that of 17 Dec 2004 except that the disk was repartitioned to retain MS/Windows XP installation. During the partition step of the install: manually edit partition table, go with the current 40GB NTFS and 80GB partitioned for GNU/Linux using auto partition for a Desktop machine:
| Spec | Details |
|---|
Choose to dual boot.
40.42.3 Troubleshooting
40.42.3.1 ACPI Kernel Freeze
While kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686-smp now works just fine on
this machine, the original upgrade to
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp resulted in the boot freezing
after ACPI appeared to kick in. Turning acpi
off resolved this. This involved
adding acpi=off to the kernel line in the file
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
The option needs to be added to any 2.6 kernel (prior to about 2.6.10), but is not needed for 2.4 kernels. So add a new line for the 2.6 kernels and add in the new flag:
40.42.3.2 Removable Hard Disk
The removable hard disk is being shared with a MS/WindowsXP host, and seems like it needs to be NTFS for access on the MS/Windows host. Attempt formatting with VFAT:
# cfdisk /dev/hdd
Partition type = 1B (Hidden W95 FAT32) ??
# wajig install dosfstools
# mkfs -t vfat -F32 /dev/hdd1But can’t be read on MS/Windows host yet/
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