Ubuntu recovery image now available

[Person]

Just tried to download and install the recovery image... Is it normal to get a lot of inode failure during that process??

thanks

[xMatx]

After joining the files, decompressing the bz2 and writing the img to my flash drive i get a grub error 2 when trying to boot from it. The format shows up as raw after writing the image (i guess it should be fat32?) so something doesn't seem right. I've tested it on two different flash drives with the same result.

The md5 for the combined file ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img.bz2 is:
0192b9454835e9b510ab8bdd4f5d2385

And the md5 for ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img is:
c37d4e6a673f898a5e3faa260d3a58e8

Can someone tell me if those are correct? The md5s for each part match those given on the download page.

Thanks!

[Timon_and_Pumba]

The md5 for the combined file ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img.bz2 is:
0192b9454835e9b510ab8bdd4f5d2385

And the md5 for ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img is:
c37d4e6a673f898a5e3faa260d3a58e8

I have not tested my image, but I have the same image you have:

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$ md5sum ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img.bz2
0192b9454835e9b510ab8bdd4f5d2385  ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img.bz2

Would be really weird if we both got the same error while downloading. So either the image is corrupted, or you are not taking the correct steps to put that image onto a flash drive. No offense, but I presume the latter.
If you have access to a Linux machine, I recommend using "dd" to write the image:

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dd bs=8M if=ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img of=/dev/sd[x]

where /dev/sd[x] is your USB device.

Good luck!

[Denis]

If you have grub or another boor errors - check in BIOS if your usb-key recognized as bootable device, and boot happens from usb-key and not from hard drive.

[Person]

Hello,

Ive check, and rechecked, all my images md5 - all look good. But what I run the os recovery it gets to about 33% then stops. I image recovery is not completed, so when it goes to check the disk it fines tone of inode problems.
Any ideas on how to get this working?

[fluffycloud]

Umm, not to alarm you or anything, but is it possible that your disk is fried? (or, i suppose, the usb key you're loading the image onto?)

-Fluffy

[xMatx]

Thanks for the replies!

As a test i downloaded an Ubuntu .img and used the same software (win32diskimager as recommended) to put that on my usb flash drive. As soon as that was written the drive was recognisable in Windows (unlike the recovery image) and booted fine on my fit pc so i think i can rule out a problem with my flash drive or bios.

I have Ubuntu installed in VirtualBox and when trying to mount the img in there it says it says something about an invalid master boot record (sorry i don't have the exact message).

I don't get why it works for you guys and not for me!!!! Sorry to be a pain but are there any more suggestions? I may try the dd suggestion above but i don't get why other img's work and this one doesn't. Weird!

[xMatx]

I've had another attempt at getting this to work but still no luck.

This time i installed Ubuntu 9.04 on a spare system and followed the dd method to install the image. No change, same boot error.

Since images from other sites install and boot fine from my USB keys i can only assume it is a problem with the image but if it is working for everyone else then that is very strange.

I've spent too much time on getting this to work now so i'm giving up but i hope everyone else has more luck than me

[blegas78]

And the md5 for ubuntu-fit-PC2-recovery.img is:
c37d4e6a673f898a5e3faa260d3a58e8

I installed the image and I got this same checksum as well. I had some trouble writing the image to a usb hard drive, but nevertheless everything now works on my fit-pc2.

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?

[rbordel]

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...