4.01 Enhanced CD - No S2 Kernels?: DVRplayground

DVRupgrade

August 14, 2005 7:16 PM

photo5981 said:

I just downloaded the $5 4.01 enhanced CD image because I wanted to retrieve the 3.1.5 kernel that is on that CD.

As far as I can tell, after downloading the iso file and burning a CD, there are no S2 kernels on that distribution. Can someone confirm if this is true?

The F1-F6 readme text on the CD when it boots implies the kernels are there, but I can't find them.

The name of the iso that the purchase page directed me to download is:

ptvlba48-4.01DD.iso

Thanks!

The s2 kernels are in the s2_kernels directory on the CDROM.

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

photo5981

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August 14, 2005 9:00 PM

The .iso image I referred to in my initial post does not have an s2_kernels directory.

Is your sales tool directing me to download the wrong image? I just clicked on the link associated with the instructions:

The following products are available for immediate electronic delivery:
PTVupgrade LBA48 4.01 with Enhancements

I downloaded that image and burned it to a CD. When I boot that CD, there is no s2_kernels directory. See the directory list below.

bin/
boot@
c/
cdrom@
dev/
etc/
floppy/
lib/
linuxrc@
lost+found/
mfstools-2.0/
mnt/
proc/
root/
sbin/
tag/
tmp/
toshiba_unlock/
usr/
var/

This is the .iso that I was told to download when I purchased the $5 enhanced CD. Please advise.

Regards

Lou Jacob

DVRupgrade

August 14, 2005 9:18 PM

mount your CDROM; its on there:

-r-xr--r-- 1 root root 55 Dec 31 2004 Autorun.inf*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 2004 isolinux/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 2004 .live/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 2004 .menu/
-r-xr--r-- 1 root root 48824 Dec 31 2004 ptstart.exe*
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 31 2004 s1_kernels/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 31 2004 s2_kernels/

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

photo5981

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August 14, 2005 9:50 PM

Okay, wow that is pretty counter-intuitive. I'm definitely not a newbie and it certainly didn't occur to me that you need to mount the disc. I expected the directory structure to be under root which it is not.

This seems like a common question, you might want to update your brief release notes to indicate you need to mount /dev/hdx /mnt/cdrom where x is your boot cd-rom drive.

Thanks...

Lou Jacob

DVRupgrade

August 14, 2005 10:21 PM

You're welcome...

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

photo5981

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August 17, 2005 11:24 AM

My apologies. Re-reading my last post I think I was a bit abrupt. Thanks much for helping resolve my issue! Support has been great. Just wanted to post this to say thanks!

Lou Jacob

DVRupgrade

August 17, 2005 11:30 AM

Thx. FWIW, its the first and only time I've seen this question. And the reason these directories don't exist in the ramdisk structure you initially looked at is because they are too big to cram into a small ramdisk.

Hopefully, whatever guides are out there that utilize the components on this CD are referencing the material and pointing folks in the right direction. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to write big how-to guides, and posts like this end up fleshing out the details others are looking for...

Thx,
Lou

For answers to commonly asked questions, please refer to the
InstantCake Instructions and Release Notes,
Official InstantCake Discussion Thread, and the
Official PTVnet Discussion Thread

spock1701a

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September 24, 2005 8:46 PM

Same problem

Yeah, I was having a problem finding the S2 kernal as well, so I also got purchased the 4.01 enhanced CD image. Mine too did not have the S2 kernals or even the S1 kernal directory. I looked closer and found something interesting that may be the problem.

The web page and all links looked to go to a file called ptvlba48-4.01DD.iso like in this thread. but I checked the file I got when downloaded and it was ptvnet62-1.01.iso. It booted with lba48 support so when I checked the disk size, it said 250M (have a HR 10-250) and not the 137 of the wrong bootdisks, so I didn't catch the problem right away. I clicked the link sent to me again, and the same file came down. It only has:

-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 57 Aug 9 20:48 Autorun.inf*
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 23 15:24 isolinux/
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 48827 Aug 9 20:48 ptstart.exe*

The dates and sizes are different on the files that are the same. Did the link give me the wrong disk?

Thanks,

Mark

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