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Linux Help Pls :)

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Rockaholic

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So um, in the spirit of makin sure everything in my house is folding, i got it setup so i can boot up X-DSL (Xbox version of Dam Small Linux) on my xbox.

And for a complete linux retard i actually managed to get as far as installing VNC server so i can connect to it from my pc, got the linux 502 folding client installed, set the permissions, and loaded it up.

Heres where the problem is, it downloads and starts the cores fine, but errors out with

Corestatus = 0 (0)
Client-core communications error: Error 0x0
Attempting to download new core

then it loads a new core fine, and comes up with the same error, over and over in an infinite loop.

 
As for permissions, are you running it under root? Also try using the 5.04beta Linux console and see if it solves the problem.

 
tryed the 504, has the same issue, by permission i mean i flagged the file as executable, i dont belive the issue is a rights thing, because it creates all the files/directories (work ext) and theres a buncha dat files in the work folder.

 
Yeah, 64 MB is a killer. You'll need to mount the partition and make a swap file. It's a little slower than a swap partition, but not much, and it'll be way easier. Make a subdirectory in /mnt, and try "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/somedirectory" (a means primary master, 1 means the first partition); if that doesn't work try "fdisk -l" to show what partitions you do have, and "mount" by itself to see what's mounted.

To create a swapfile, run "dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/wherever/swapfile bs=1k count=SOMENUMOFMBk" (yes, there's a k on the end, it means how many 1k blocks to make; multiply to get the whole size) (384mb is probably a reasonable size) "mkswap /mnt/wherever/swapfile" and "swapon /mnt/wherever/swapfile".

This only does it once; you'll want to change some files in /etc/init.d to include the swapon command, and /etc/fstab to include the /mnt/whatever partition. Any questions, ask.

 
welp i think i got a good handel on what my issues are, at least for being a linux newb.

x-DSL defaults to a "frugle" install, which takes a 50mb file, and mounts it on the FATX file system of the xbox, but in this method its a read olny setup, so you lose all your settings, programs ect when you reboot.

its got a "loopback" install where you can allocate a chunk of the FATX partition to use for your linux install, and it also has a setup swap file tool to configure your swap file, but i dont seem to have much luck with either one atm

still boots into a clean install every time like ive never used it before, and the swap file size is still showing 0, even though ive tryed to set it up with the tool.

so i need to get it to stfu and work with a loopback install so it doesnt dump my downloaded programs and work units ect every time it installs, and then i need to get it to stfu and allocate part of the loopback partition thing as a swap file.

i guess what would be helpfull is someone whos done this with dam small linux before :)

 
Check their forums for more help. Essentially what you want is to put all the files from the root filesystem onto a partition, rather than putting the image file on the partition and booting from it. I've done this before, but I forget how exactly. Tomorrow when I'm more lucid I'll do it again and post instructions.

 
so i got it to the point where its folding now, after fighting with the swap file tool i finally got it setup with a 128 meg swap file, and the folding client actually runs now woot :cool:

i still havent resolved the issue where i lose everything when it reboots though, for now im just leavin it running, and wont shut it down unless its just finished with a unit, but i think it was something to do with either the boot config, or something during the launch process that i need to change to point to the loopback install path, or somehting :confused:

 
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