How to install Gargoyle auf Alix 2d3?

[dirkschwarz]

Hello,

i have a Alix 2d3 Board with OpenWRT/ Backfire. I found this side an want to change and try Gargoyle.

I have download the Image "gargoyle_1.5.3-x86-generic-combined-jffs2-128k.img" for Alix/X86- but I can`t install it. The Image is much smaller than the Image from OpenWRT (12MB Gargoyle / 52MB OpenWRT). Is this ok?

How can I change to or install Gargoyle? I don?t find any Information in your install section...

Thanks for help
Dirk

[GaryC]

Hi

I am assuming that the Alix 2d3 board is very similar to the 3d2 board and uses a compact flash card for the OS. If so, here is how I installed Gargoyle using the image you mentioned.

I am assuming that you are:

1. using a Linux laptop for this
2. you have a USB card reader to write to the CF card

1. Insert the CF card into the card reader and plug in via USB

2. The device will be recognised and you can run the dmesg command to see what the device is called. Here was my output:

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[188240.932695] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
[188241.214853] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[188241.215472] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[188241.216049] usb-storage: device found at 5
[188241.216055] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[188246.213127] usb-storage: device scan complete
[188246.213831] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  Compact Flash    0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[188246.214441] scsi 7:0:0:1: Direct-Access     Generic  SD/MMC           0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[188246.214937] scsi 7:0:0:2: Direct-Access     Generic  MS/MS-PRO        0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[188246.215437] scsi 7:0:0:3: Direct-Access     Generic  SM/xD-Picture    0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[188246.216610] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[188246.217861] sd 7:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[188246.230377] sd 7:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
[188246.230540] sd 7:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[188246.240488] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 7847280 512-byte logical blocks: (4.01 GB/3.74 GiB)
[188246.240786] sd 7:0:0:1: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[188246.241393] sd 7:0:0:2: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
[188246.242015] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[188246.242019] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[188246.242022] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[188246.242760] sd 7:0:0:3: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk
[188246.246771] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[188246.246778]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
[188246.251881] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[188246.251887] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

From this I can see that the device is called sdb and in my case the CF card already had three partitions on it (sdb1, 2 and 3).

3. Unmount any of the partitions which automount using

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umount /dev/sdb1

4. Write the image to the CF card:

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sudo dd if=gargoyle_1.5.3-x86-generic-combined-jffs2-128k.img of=/dev/sdb

5. Disconnect the reader, insert the CF card and power on.

Work a treat for me!