Acer Iconia Tab W511 - Fedlet
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Fedlet - Fedora Remix for Bay Trail tablets, Fedora on BayTrail tablets (2017 edition), Linux on the Dell Venue 8 Pro,
Work log
2015-04-01: Inserting the Fedlet usb stick into my Xubuntu laptop:
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ uname -a Linux kg-u35jc 3.2.0-77-generic #114-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 10 17:26:03 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
the stick is correctly detected (from /var/log/messages):
Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc kernel: [998776.170447] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 7: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.2" Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 7 was not an MTP device Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc kernel: [998776.294501] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc kernel: [998776.294661] scsi4 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0 Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc kernel: [998776.294751] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage Apr 1 15:45:40 kg-u35jc kernel: [998776.294753] USB Mass Storage support registered. Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.295401] scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Blade 1.20 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.298067] sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.298936] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] 7821312 512-byte logical blocks: (4.00 GB/3.72 GiB) Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.300618] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.301906] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.310679] sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 Apr 1 15:45:41 kg-u35jc kernel: [998777.320159] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
and mounted:
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ mount -l -t iso9660 /dev/sdb1 on /media/20141209-fedlet-i686 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,mode=0400,dmode=0500,uhelper=udisks) [20141209-fedlet-i686]
shows up as sdb1 in df output:
tingo@kg-u35jc:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda5 202G 181G 11G 95% / udev 3.8G 4.0K 3.8G 1% /dev tmpfs 778M 924K 777M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 3.8G 90M 3.8G 3% /run/shm /dev/sdb1 1.3G 1.3G 0 100% /media/20141209-fedlet-i686
good.
2015-03-31: re-tried the Fedlet boot experiment; Keyboard, mouse and Fedlet usb stick connected to the W511 via a hub, hold down volume up and power until the screen comes alive. I get a glimpse of the boot menu, then the tablet hangs.
2015-03-28: booting with both the Fedlet and the rEFInd usb stick connected to the usb hub, the Fedlet doesn't show up in rEFInd boot menu. But it does show up as fs2: in the Shell. Writing:
fs2:\efi\boot\boot.efi
starts the bootloader, I get a quick glimpse of the boot menu, and then it hangs.
fs2:\efi\boot\botia32.efi is the same.
Booting with just the Fedlet usb stick reacts the same way. Cool. At least booting works somewhat.
2015-03-28: I use my FreeBSD workstation to create a Fedlet usb stick:
tingo@kg-core1$ uname -a FreeBSD kg-core1.kg4.no 9.3-STABLE FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r273918: Fri Oct 31 22:52:44 CET 2014 root@kg-core1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
fetch it:
tingo@kg-core1$ fetch https://adamwill.fedorapeople.org/20141209-fedlet-i686.iso 20141209-fedlet-i686.iso 100% of 1299 MB 1149 kBps 19m16s
create it, the stick is da0:
tingo@kg-core1$ sudo dd if=./20141209-fedlet-i686.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=8M 162+1 records in 162+1 records out
it looks like this:
root@kg-core1# ls -l /dev/da0* crw-r----- 1 root operator 0xcc Mar 28 23:49 /dev/da0
and I get these in /var/log/messages:
Mar 28 23:49:31 kg-core1 kernel: GEOM: da0: the secondary GPT header is not in the last LBA. Mar 28 23:49:31 kg-core1 kernel: GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (da0, GPT) Mar 28 23:49:31 kg-core1 kernel: GEOM: iso9660/20141209-fedlet-i686: the secondary GPT header is not in the last LBA. Mar 28 23:49:31 kg-core1 kernel: GEOM_PART: integrity check failed (iso9660/20141209-fedlet-i686, GPT)
gpart says:
root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0 gpart: No such geom: da0.
disktype says:
root@kg-core1# disktype /dev/da0* --- /dev/da0 Character device, size 3.729 GiB (4004511744 bytes) DOS/MBR partition map Partition 2: 4.086 MiB (4284416 bytes, 8368 sectors from 172) Type 0xEF (EFI System (FAT)) FAT12 file system (hints score 5 of 5) Volume size 4.061 MiB (4257792 bytes, 2079 clusters of 2 KiB) Volume name "EFI" Partition 3: 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes, 33536 sectors from 8620) Type 0x00 (Empty) HFS Plus file system Volume size 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes, 4192 blocks of 4 KiB) Volume name "20141209 Fedlet" GPT partition map, 128 entries Disk size 1.269 GiB (1362100224 bytes, 2660352 sectors) Disk GUID 27406CA9-602A-CF4E-A603-15469FA1C1F6 Partition 1: 1.268 GiB (1361608704 bytes, 2659392 sectors from 0) Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7) Partition Name "ISOHybrid ISO" Partition GUID 702070E8-DF0D-4746-9529-8DB96E62777B Partition 2: 4.086 MiB (4284416 bytes, 8368 sectors from 172) Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7) Partition Name "ISOHybrid" Partition GUID 2D188AA5-0485-8745-80DF-BE38A4B19598 FAT12 file system (hints score 5 of 5) Volume size 4.061 MiB (4257792 bytes, 2079 clusters of 2 KiB) Volume name "EFI" Partition 3: 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes, 33536 sectors from 8620) Type Mac HFS+ (GUID 00534648-0000-AA11-AA11-00306543ECAC) Partition Name "ISOHybrid" Partition GUID 2D188AA5-0485-8745-80DF-BE38A4B19598 HFS Plus file system Volume size 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes, 4192 blocks of 4 KiB) Volume name "20141209 Fedlet" Partition 4: unused ISO9660 file system Volume name "20141209-fedlet-i686" Application "GENISOIMAGE ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997-2006 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING (C) 2006-2007 CDRKIT TEAM" Data size 1.268 GiB (1361608704 bytes, 664848 blocks of 2 KiB) El Torito boot record, catalog at 42 Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 2135, preloads 2 KiB Platform 0x00 (x86), System Type 0x00 (Empty) ISOLINUX boot loader Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 43, preloads 4.086 MiB (4284416 bytes) Platform 0xEF (EFI), System Type 0x00 (Empty) FAT12 file system (hints score 5 of 5) Volume size 4.061 MiB (4257792 bytes, 2079 clusters of 2 KiB) Volume name "EFI" Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 2155, preloads 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes) Platform 0xEF (EFI), System Type 0x00 (Empty) HFS Plus file system Volume size 16.38 MiB (17170432 bytes, 4192 blocks of 4 KiB) Volume name "20141209 Fedlet" Joliet extension, volume name "20141209-fedlet-"
wow. A lot.