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The AstLinux image (.img.gz) you originally downloaded contains a single 256 MB, FAT16 partition, intended to be byte-for-byte copied to flash storage of some form. | The AstLinux image (.img.gz) you originally downloaded contains a single 256 MB, FAT16 partition, intended to be byte-for-byte copied to flash storage of some form. | ||
- | Assuming the **[[new-install|New Installation]]** instructions were followed and successful, your flash storage now has one or (optionally) | + | Assuming the **[[new-install|New Installation]]** instructions were followed and successful, your flash storage now has two Linux ext2 partitions added after the FAT16 partition to fill the total capacity of the drive. |
- | The required | + | The first Linux ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTURW which is a unionfs/ |
- | Combined unionfs/ | + | A second ext2 partition has a partition label of ASTKD which is a read-write partition that is mounted as ''/ |
- | | FAT16 ~256 MB | ext2 ASTURW -------------------------- | | + | |
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- | An optional | + | |
Separate unionfs/ | Separate unionfs/ | ||
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SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which runs on an MS-DOS FAT16 filesystem. | SYSLINUX is a boot loader for the Linux operating system which runs on an MS-DOS FAT16 filesystem. | ||
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- | # RUNNIX - AstLinux bootloader | + | # RUNNIX - AstLinux |
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Typing '' | Typing '' | ||
- | !!Tip ->!! Hit the space bar at the boot prompt to allow more time before typing '' | + | !!Tip ->!! Hit the backspace key at the boot prompt to allow more time before typing '' |
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RUNNIX is a boot loader specifically for AstLinux, consisting of a very small Linux kernel, trimmed busybox and file utilities e2fsprogs and dosfstools. | RUNNIX is a boot loader specifically for AstLinux, consisting of a very small Linux kernel, trimmed busybox and file utilities e2fsprogs and dosfstools. | ||
- | By default RUNNIX will execute a shell script to determine which AstLinux firmware image should be loaded and ' | + | By default |
Alternatively, | Alternatively, |