amiga-news.de - Linux tutorial: Using the Fienix distribution on the X5000, part 2

01.Nov.2022 Linux tutorial: Using the Fienix distribution on the X5000, part 2
In the first part of the instructions for using the Linux distribution "Fienix" on the X5000, Amiga-News.de editor Daniel Reimann reported how to prepare a USB stick under Windows for this purpose. Here now the continuation:

Starting Fienix

After the USB stick has been plugged into a free USB port, we can boot up the X5000. As soon as the Boing Ball starts spinning, it is best to press the "M" key twice. With the first press we get into the "AmigaOne Early Startup Control" menu...

...and with the second keystroke into the command line menu. Now, we the following line:

usb reset

Among other things, it is searched for storage media. I have the following (special?) case: my tower has several USB ports at the front, but only two can be used. In order to have one free for the USB stick, I have connected my Mac keyboard to the other one and my USB mouse to it. But I have to disconnect it before running "usb reset", otherwise it will be recognized as another storage medium. Now enter the following lines:

setenv bootargs root=LABEL=FIENIX-DISK
fatload usb 0:1 1000000 uImage-6.0
fatload usb 0:1 1c00000 cyrus-p5020.dtb
fatload usb 0:1 2000000 uInitrd-5.10
bootm 1000000 2000000 1c00000

The kernel is loaded and Fienix is started. After the input, several columns of numbers rattle across the screen, but finally the login window should appear:

Here's what we enter:

Username: fienix
Password: fienixPW

Looks good! Let's see if there is a tool for capturing screenshots. Yes, there it is, "Accessories"...:

Synaptic Package Manager

By default, no word processor is included. You have to install that, and of course many other software, via the package manager "Synaptic Package Manager". It can be found under "Administration":

Right-click on the first AbiWord entry and select "Mark for installation":

You will then be asked if you want to install any other package dependencies associated with it. We do, which also marks the two entries below:

Now go to "Apply" at the top and the packages will be installed. Before we reboot, we want to see if it worked and look under "Office" for the corresponding entry. Perfectly: "AbiWord" is listed:

After restarting, we test AbiWord briefly: works!

In the third part of the tutorial, we will look at how to make the printer ready for use and how to configure the Linux button in the "AmigaOne Early Startup Control" menu so that we can save ourselves typing the instructions in the future. (dr)

[News message: 01. Nov. 2022, 05:57] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

< Next message

Prior message >