Ubuntu recovery image now available

[Timon_and_Pumba]

The only problem that I've had is with the wifi card. The computer sees it as an unknown device, and I have no way of operating it. I have the RT3090 card in the computer. Anyone have issues with this?

I've hit the same issue. It appears the driver for the RaLink 3090 card is not included in the recovery image. I'm searching for one now. No luck so far...

Ralink has released one, see my other post:
http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1439#p1439

[rbordel]

Ralink has released one, see my other post:
http://www.fit-pc2.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1439#p1439

I found the driver on the Ralink site, downloaded it and attempted to build it, but the build fails rather quickly. The first problem is that make is looking for a file called Makefile_32 in the kernel source in .../arch/x86, but the only makefile present in that directory is "Makefile". I attempted to just install a symbolic link Makefile_32 pointing to the Makefile, but now I get a "Too many open files" error followed by a stream of errors which seem to indicate that some important files / symbols did not get read.

I've looked at the makefile in question and realized that a symbolic link Makefile_32 pointing to Makefile will just cause a recursive read of the same makefile until you hit the max file descriptor limit. I'm guessing (hoping) that Makefile_32 is created when a kernel source is configured. If that is true, it would then indicate that in order to compile the Ralink driver, one would need actual kernel source which has at least been configured, instead of simply the kernel headers.

[blegas78]

I too have a problem with the Makefile_32, exact same situation as you.

I also tried to install a Quickcam driver so I could use the fit-pc2 for vision processing, however the Makefile_32 is still a problem. I am not a linux expert, but is this a common problem or a problem with the image?

[Jethro]

for some reason, when I'm booting from USB stick (Kingston 16GB) i am getting a grub error 2 buring boot. In fact that is all it says:
Loading Grub...
Error 2
Any idea what might be the problem here? Should something be changed in the BIOS?

[GuiHi]

i got a different error:

i get to the login screen. i try to login and then always this message comes:
.. unable to create/find home directory - even if i start in failsave-mode

[Timon_and_Pumba]

for some reason, when I'm booting from USB stick (Kingston 16GB) i am getting a grub error 2 buring boot. In fact that is all it says:
Loading Grub...
Error 2
Any idea what might be the problem here? Should something be changed in the BIOS?

I have booted many times successfully from USB stick. I have changed the boot order in the BIOS though. As you do not give many details, the following may be an issue.
If you still boot from your harddisk, but with USB stick inserted, the USB stick may take over the identification of the harddisk, like USB: /dev/sda1, HDD: /dev/sdb1.

[Jethro]

for some reason, when I'm booting from USB stick (Kingston 16GB) i am getting a grub error 2 during boot. In fact that is all it says:
Loading Grub...
Error 2
Any idea what might be the problem here? Should something be changed in the BIOS?

I have booted many times successfully from USB stick. I have changed the boot order in the BIOS though. As you do not give many details, the following may be an issue.
If you still boot from your harddisk, but with USB stick inserted, the USB stick may take over the identification of the harddisk, like USB: /dev/sda1, HDD: /dev/sdb1.

Well, I changed the boot order (running XP from harddisk), but apart from that I have the default BIOS settings. In the meantime I noticed that on my normal PC, booting from the USB flashdrive gives me the same error. So either it's the flash drive, or it's the (procedure preceding the) image. I'll try to put the image on the flash drive once more...

The MD5 Sum on the combined image is: c37d4e6a673f898a5e3faa260d3a58e8

Can anybody confirm this is correct?

[blegas78]

The MD5 Sum on the combined image is: c37d4e6a673f898a5e3faa260d3a58e8

Can anybody confirm this is correct?

Yes, this is correct, it worked for me.

It sure felt like it took many tries for me to get it working though. The only thing that worked was using the "dd" command on my mac. Here is the command, and obviously you need to set "of" to your usb stick.

sudo dd if=ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m

[jens]

In case I boot the recovery image from a usb stick and run the installer, will
this erase all data on my hard drive? Or will I be able to partition my disk
and perhaps also create a dual boot from this installer?

Best,
Jens

[Denis]

Hi all,
In case you have boot errors - ensure that disk-on-key (/dev/sdb in my example) prepeared with this command (on Linux stations):

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sudo dd if=/path/to/ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

Common errors:
- May be by mistake you write to /dev/sdb1 instead of /dev/sdb?
- By some reason dd failed, check dd output again, ensure that 'records in' equal to 'records out'.
- Ensure that in BIOS in "Boot" section your disk-on-key apperas above hard drive and not under.