[Thinstation-general] Install ThinStatio on USB for Wyse VX= V30 Thin Client

[giacall99]

Hi to all. I'm new in these mailing list...I need some explanation about
installint the ThinStation on a USB drive..I need the usb installation in
order to boot some old (very old) wyse thinclient VX0 V30 from usb drive...I
found a old post in these mailing list here
<http://thinstation.4464.n7.nabble.com/Installing-Thinstation-on-USB-Stick-Flash-Drive-td682.html>
and i try to follow the istruction...Particulary:I download the ThinStation
from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinstation/files/thinstation/thinstation-5/Then
i download the Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.2 and i created a usb using the
iso image previously downloaded.But booting WYSE from usb loop in Load
VMLINUZ...........I also read about the thinstation.profile folder and
thinstation.profile.user conf file, but i'm not sure to understand right how
to use it..Could someone suggest me the right way to install the ThinStation
(or syslinux....) on a usb pen??thank's in advance.. and sorrry for my
english...



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[Don Cupp]

The ISO that you downloaded is meant to help you create thinclients. It will not actually boot on a thinclient. You should install it on a much more powerful computer and then create images for thinclients.
On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 8:28 AM, giacall99 <***@jodovit.com> wrote:

Hi to all. I'm new in these mailing list...
I need some explanation about installint the ThinStation on a USB drive.. I need the usb installation in order to boot some old (very old) wyse thinclient VX0 V30 from usb drive... I found a old post in these mailing list here and i try to follow the istruction... Particulary: I download the ThinStation from http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinstation/files/thinstation/thinstation-5/
Then i download the Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.5.2 and i created a usb using the iso image previously downloaded. But booting WYSE from usb loop in Load VMLINUZ........... I also read about the thinstation.profile folder and thinstation.profile.user conf file, but i'm not sure to understand right how to use it.. Could someone suggest me the right way to install the ThinStation (or syslinux....) on a usb pen?? thank's in advance.. and sorrry for my english...

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[giacall99]

Thank's for replay..
There some tutorial or how to or guide to do these??
Or simply i must take a computer, install from iso the os ThinStation and
then create an image of the installed system and put these image on the USB?

BR



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[Michael K]

www.thinstation.org
See the FAQ for making a USB and installation instructions for making
images and using the provided build disc.

Post by giacall99
Thank's for replay..
There some tutorial or how to or guide to do these??
Or simply i must take a computer, install from iso the os ThinStation and
then create an image of the installed system and put these image on the USB?
BR
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[giacall99]

Well.. This is what i done till now:
=> i download ThinStation 5 from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinstation/files/thinstation/
=> I Burned the image on cd and installed on a physical pc
=> After reboot ThonStation PC, from terminal, cd /ts/5.1 and then run
./build
=> then by FTP I transfer all files in /ts/5.1/boot-images/syslinux on a
WINDOWS xp pc
=> In windows, I format a USB pen 4 Gb in FAT32
=> run syslinux.exe -m -a I: where i is USB drive
=> Copy all file from syslinux to usb pen
=> Boot thin client Wyse VX0 V30 from USB

And here i've got an error:

After the Verifying DMI pool data i receive:

SYSLINUX 4.07 EDD 2013-07-25 Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al
Thinstation Linux

Invalid or corrupt kernel image
boot:


Can you please give some advice?? Or tell me where i made some mistake??

Thank's in advance



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[giacall99]

Ok Ok.. I change the way...

So i plug USB drive directly to ThinStation PC.
Accordingly to file README.syslinux under /thinstation/ts/5.1/Documentation:

I copy VMLINUZ, INITRD and syslinux.cfg to USB drive.

Then i boot wyse ThinClient VX0 V30 from usb.

Now.. After loading VMLINUZ and INITRD i recevie an error message like:

Not enough memory to load specified image...





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[Don Cupp]

You are gonna have to remove some stuff. That machine only has 128mb ram, so your max initrd size is around 27-30mb
On Thursday, April 17, 2014 6:36 AM, giacall99 <***@jodovit.com> wrote:

Ok Ok.. I change the way...

So i plug USB drive directly to ThinStation PC.
Accordingly to file README.syslinux under /thinstation/ts/5.1/Documentation:

I copy VMLINUZ, INITRD and syslinux.cfg to USB drive.

Then i boot wyse ThinClient VX0 V30 from usb.

Now.. After loading VMLINUZ and INITRD i recevie an error message like:

Not enough memory to load specified image...





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[giacall99]

HI Don Cupp..
Thank for reply.
I supposed this was the problem. There is a way to reduce the initrd image
size??
I need only a thin-client that connect to rdp to terminal server WIN 2008
R2.. Nothing else..





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[giacall99]

Ok..

I find out the build.conf file..

After some setting the initrd size has been reduced to 60 Mb.

It's seems the size is ok.. But now i have another error regarding the CPU..

"This kernel requires the following features not present in CPU: PAE cx8
Unable to boot. Please use a kernel appropriate for your cpu"


It's getting interesting...



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[Don Cupp]

remove /build/SMP file. It's empty, but tells build to use the SMP/PAE kernel.
On Friday, April 18, 2014 6:27 AM, giacall99 <***@jodovit.com> wrote:

Ok..

I find out the build.conf file..

After some setting the initrd size has been reduced to 60 Mb.

It's seems the size is ok.. But now i have another error regarding the CPU..

"This kernel requires the following features not present in CPU: PAE cx8
Unable to boot. Please use a kernel appropriate for your cpu"


It's getting interesting...



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[Michael K]

You can't use the SMP/PAE kernel on that hardware. So don't pass that
option to build or don't set that as your default kernel

update -k
will replace the SMP/PAE kernel with the non-SMP/non-PAE kernel by default

Alternatively, you can use --kernel option to build like
./build --kernel UP
./build --kernel 3.12.15TS

- michael

Post by giacall99
Ok..
I find out the build.conf file..
After some setting the initrd size has been reduced to 60 Mb.
It's seems the size is ok.. But now i have another error regarding the CPU..
"This kernel requires the following features not present in CPU: PAE cx8
Unable to boot. Please use a kernel appropriate for your cpu"
It's getting interesting...
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[giacall99]

Hi experts.

This is the situation. As suggested, i deleted the SMP file to solve the
non-PAE kernel error.

Then, i did the following step:

=> i copied from /ts/5.1/conf/rdesktop to /ts/5.1/ the build.conf.example
and thinstation.conf.buildtime files

=>i edited build.conf.exmample changing the machine module list from machine
VMWare to machine HP-t5135. This because i don't need a vmware appliance and
the HP-t5135 is similar to my WYSE VX0 V30.

=> I run build command from /ts/5.1

=>i copied from /ts/5.1/boot-image/syslinux to /mnt/usb (my usb pen) the
file initrd, vmlinuz, syslinux.cfg

I try to boot my WYSE from usb and the initrd is loaded.. but now i receive
many error like:

[<c0635beb>] ? initrd_load+0x29a/0x29a
[<c064fc21>] ? gunzip+0x2e8/0x2e8

and so on..

Could you please let me know if the previous steps i do are correct or i do
some mistake.. or if you can suggest a HOW TO to deploy the thinclient...

Thank's in advance.



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[Don Cupp]

Your still running out of memory. You max initrd size is around 27mb(128mb ram), so try for 24mb max initrd.
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:01 AM, giacall99 <***@jodovit.com> wrote:

Hi experts.

This is the situation. As suggested, i deleted the SMP file to solve the
non-PAE kernel error.

Then, i did the following step:

=> i copied from /ts/5.1/conf/rdesktop to /ts/5.1/ the build.conf.example
and thinstation.conf.buildtime files

=>i edited build.conf.exmample changing the machine module list from machine
VMWare to machine HP-t5135. This because i don't need a vmware appliance and
the HP-t5135 is similar to my WYSE VX0 V30.

=> I run build command from /ts/5.1

=>i copied from /ts/5.1/boot-image/syslinux to /mnt/usb (my usb pen) the
file initrd, vmlinuz, syslinux.cfg

I try to boot my WYSE from usb and the initrd is loaded.. but now i receive
many error like:

[<c0635beb>] ? initrd_load+0x29a/0x29a
[<c064fc21>] ? gunzip+0x2e8/0x2e8

and so on..

Could you please let me know if the previous steps i do are correct or i do
some mistake.. or if you can suggest a HOW TO to deploy the thinclient...

Thank's in advance.



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[giacall99]

Post by Don Cupp
Your still running out of memory. You max initrd size is around 27mb(128mb
ram), so try for 24mb max initrd.

Hi Don Cupp.
My initrd size is about 15.8 Mb.. Maybe is not possible run ThinStation 5.1
with only 128 Mb Ram??




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[Don Cupp]

It is. You can run thinstation in as little as 16mb or ram, but it's not very useful.

Send me your configs.

Post by Don Cupp
Your still running out of memory. You max initrd size is around 27mb(128mb
ram), so try for 24mb max initrd.

Hi Don Cupp.
My initrd size is about 15.8 Mb.. Maybe is not possible run ThinStation 5.1
with only 128 Mb Ram??




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[giacall99]

Well.. This is what i done till now:
=> i download ThinStation 5 from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinstation/files/thinstation/
=> I Burned the image on cd and installed on a physical pc
=> After reboot ThonStation PC, from terminal, cd /ts/5.1 and then run
./build
=> then by FTP I transfer all files in /ts/5.1/boot-images/syslinux on a
WINDOWS xp pc
=> In windows, I format a USB pen 4 Gb in FAT32
=> run syslinux.exe -m -a I: where i is USB drive
=> Copy all file from syslinux to usb pen
=> Boot thin client Wyse VX0 V30 from USB

And here i've got an error:

After the Verifying DMI pool data i receive:

SYSLINUX 4.07 EDD 2013-07-25 Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al
Thinstation Linux

Invalid or corrupt kernel image
boot:


Can you please give some advice?? Or tell me where i made some mistake??

Thank's in advance





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