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Assuming the **[[new-install|New Installation]]** instructions were followed and successful, your flash storage now has one or (optionally) two Linux ext2 partitions added after the FAT16 partition to fill the total capacity of the drive. | Assuming the **[[new-install|New Installation]]** instructions were followed and successful, your flash storage now has one or (optionally) two Linux ext2 partitions added after the FAT16 partition to fill the total capacity of the drive. | ||
- | The required Linux ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTURW which is a unionfs/ | + | The required Linux ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTURW which is a unionfs/ |
- | Combined unionfs/ | + | Combined unionfs/ |
| FAT16 ~256 MB | ext2 ASTURW -------------------------- | | | FAT16 ~256 MB | ext2 ASTURW -------------------------- | | ||
An optional second ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTKD which is a read-write partition that is mounted as ''/ | An optional second ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTKD which is a read-write partition that is mounted as ''/ | ||
- | Separate unionfs/ | + | Separate unionfs/ |
| FAT16 ~256 MB | ext2 ASTURW ~256 MB | ext2 ASTKD ----- | | | FAT16 ~256 MB | ext2 ASTURW ~256 MB | ext2 ASTKD ----- | | ||
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Typing '' | Typing '' | ||
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+ | !!Tip ->!! Hit the space bar at the boot prompt to allow more time before typing '' | ||
\\ | \\ | ||
**Second Step - RUNNIX:** | **Second Step - RUNNIX:** | ||
- | RUNNIX is a boot loader specifically for AstLinux, consisting of a very small Linux kernel, trimmed busybox and file utilities e2fsprogs and dosfstools. | + | **[[userdoc: |
By default RUNNIX will execute a shell script to determine which AstLinux firmware image should be loaded and ' | By default RUNNIX will execute a shell script to determine which AstLinux firmware image should be loaded and ' | ||
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Launching the AstLinux kernel is last step to the boot process. | Launching the AstLinux kernel is last step to the boot process. | ||
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