Spectre660's Linux downloads for the X5000

[kilaueabart]

@kilaueabart
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I have done a new version of the installer that sets the u-boot variables for booting.
You could boot the new installer (Same download link) an reboot without doing the installation to get the u-boot stuff set up.
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You can aslo remove the mem=3500M if you are not using an rtl 8169 pci network card.
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Note that you will need to have the USB installation drive connected to load the kernel and .dtb file from .

Terrific! Except for the last line. Will it always be that way? I find I must unplug and replug my USB drive before each USB reset, or this drive gets ignored. Is that normal?

Workbench Ranger says I have an rtl8139.device. Does that mean I can erase the "mem=3500M," and is it advantageous to do so?

[Spectre660]

@kilaueabart
You can remove the "mem=3500M. It will enable all the ram that you have installed when running Linux.

Various USB drives can be problematic but some work with no problems .USB 3.0 device may have more problems

The kernel and .dtb can be loaded from various devices.
CD,hard drive, USB,the X5000 MicroSD card which contains Uboot or a tftp server.
The fatload command would have to be modified to point to the correct device.
For loading from hard drive it would have to be a drive with an MSDos partition table and a fat32 partition so not your AmigaOS 4.1 drive
For the MicroSD card you would need to add a fat32 partition. This is what I use for normal booting.
I followed the instructions for copying and writing the Uboot code from Linux and wrote another microSD card,
created the partitions that I needed, copied a kernel and the .dtb files.
Then replaced the original microSD card in the X5000 with the new card.
To do it this way you need a microSD reader .
You can do it directly using the X5000 microsSD card slot and card but if you have a problem the you will still need a microSD card reader and copy of the Uboot to recover.
Link to the thread below.
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz ... =58&t=3707

[Roland]

You can aslo remove the mem=3500M if you are not using an rtl 8169 pci network card.

What is actually causing this incompatibility with rtl 8169 (which I happen to have), and is present with all kernel versions and PPC distros? Any hope for a fix...?

[Spectre660]

You can aslo remove the mem=3500M if you are not using an rtl 8169 pci network card.

What is actually causing this incompatibility with rtl 8169 (which I happen to have), and is present with all kernel versions and PPC distros? Any hope for a fix...?

I am not sure what the exact problems is .

The pciex1 816x versions work ok with full memory though . but not the PCI versions .
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003C ... UTF8&psc=1

[xenic]

edit the bootargs variable
and adjust the /dev/sdb3 to point to your installation partition as noted above using:

How will I know what drive partition the installation uses?
Is it going to be a partition on my hard disk or the USB drive?
Sorry for the dumb questions but I don't want to mess this up.

[Spectre660]

edit the bootargs variable
and adjust the /dev/sdb3 to point to your installation partition as noted above using:

How will I know what drive partition the installation uses?
Is it going to be a partition on my hard disk or the USB drive?
Sorry for the dumb questions but I don't want to mess this up.

Select the Manual option and it will let you decide .

[xenic]

Select the Manual option and it will let you decide .

O.K. thanks. In your screengrab I see partition numbers. Do the partition numbers start at 0 or 1? In other words is it "partition0, partition1,partition2 etc." or "partition1, partition2,partition3 etc.".

[Spectre660]

Select the Manual option and it will let you decide .

O.K. thanks. In your screengrab I see partition numbers. Do the partition numbers start at 0 or 1? In other words is it "partition0, partition1,partition2 etc." or "partition1, partition2,partition3 etc.".

This first screen grab shows a mixture of options. Both Partitions and the entire drive drives .

The next Screen after the Manual Selection shows the drives and the individual partitions .
The USB drives appear last in the list of devices .

[Spectre660]

X5000 4.13.12 Kernel
https://www.dropbox.com/s/83oq4v3iealv5 ... ar.gz?dl=0

Corrects my configuration error re Bluetooth

[xeno74]

X5000 4.13.12 Kernel
https://www.dropbox.com/s/83oq4v3iealv5 ... ar.gz?dl=0

Corrects my configuration error re Bluetooth

Hi Julian,

Thanks for compiling.

Cheers,
Christian