2p build suggestions

[slider11]

so the ecc scrubbing didnt fix it permanantly its back to shutting down. im gonna download a full blown (more than 700mb) version of ubuntu and install it via usb without going through windows and hopefully that works

[jimh425]

You might try jmossman's suggestion of using a different kernel if you aren't already.

I wrote this up since my 4p started failing tonight and I noticed I wasn't using 2.6.35-22. YMMV.

1. Determine where the grub menuentry count where 2.6.35-22 is starting at 0. (In my case, it was 2.)
nano /boot/grub/grub.cfg
2. Edit the grub file change GRUB_DEFAULT to the number in step 1. (Ctrl+x to exit. Y to save.)
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
3. Update the grub.cfg file.
sudo update-grub
4. Reboot
sudo shutdown -r 0

[slider11]

i am running 22 though

[jimh425]

Oh well, I was hoping I found a pattern. It seems the random crashes points more to a corrupt ubuntu install. I might need to reinstall myself.

[slider11]

thats what im thinking aswell

[PatonB]

Arre you using muskys guide?

[jimh425]

I somewhat am.

[slider11]

i have been but i realized yesterday i missed a part and used an ext4 partition instead of ext3

[PatonB]

You should really stick to muskys main setup guide for the basis. Plus bfs schedular and thekraken for sure.

The ext4 vs ext3 has to do with the end of the run... some have problems with it hanging over an hour.

[jmossman]

I originally tried a similar guide to Musky's and had partial success, with random hangs. I reinstalled using his guide and never had another problem. In fact I'm not even sure where it differed in any significant way from his guide. Both were native Ubuntu 10.10 installs tho, and both ext 3 partitions. As PatonB mentioned the ext3 vs ext4 affects the end of the WU when it's uploading. Many report very very long uploads, have heard of several hours before they finish in extreme cases.

[jimh425]

I'm going to reinstall tonight. I find myself wanting a reader's digest version of the musky guide though. Are there any particular things I should pay attention to other than checking to make sure I use ext3 file system?

[PatonB]

Muskys guide is quite easy to follow... Should take 20 mins to get folding off it.

[slider11]

i was trying to install earlier and i had set it to use ext3 but while partitioning it it said something about no root file designated... any ideas? i dont know how to designate a root file

[jimh425]

There's a drop down below that choosing / should get you by that.

[slider11]

i got it installing solo but im not quite sure what happened but it stopped downloading and now its not even loading the installer so im installing windows so i can clear windows with the ubuntu disk... hopefully but while i was bored i took some pictures with my new t2i.

[jimh425]

The Tyan boards sure have a lot of LEDs. When my 4p finally got going, the number of LEDs seem like a lot.

Good luck working it out. My 2p did one unit in Windows Server. It's now running in Ubuntu.

[slider11]

yea i think i have 5 led's on 2 red ones that are about half an inch long made up of i wanna say 5 or 6 individual led's and 3 green ones plus i used a flashlight app on my ipod with a blue glow stick replica to get some different light effects