Nexcom device DNA-113A (Ubuntu Snappy)

[Manik Taneja]

Andrey,

Were you able to try what Oliver suggested earlier? If so, did you
experience another failure?

/Manik

On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Andrey Smirnov <aos at fgts.ru> wrote:

> Good day!
>
> Do you have any ideas what we can do with this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Andrey Smirnov
> Technical expert
> FACTOR TGC
> Technology Group of the Companies
> Moscow, Russia
> Ph. +7(495)280-33-80 ext. 2204
> E-mail: aos at fgts.ru
>
>
> 2015-11-30 15:08 GMT+03:00 Andrey Smirnov <aos at fgts.ru>:
> > Good day!
> >
> > Thanks for the answers!
> >
> > I'm trying to run an image file from a USB flash drive. On the USB
> > flash drive I got the Ubuntu Core image using dd:
> >
> > # unxz ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img.xz
> > # sudo dd if=ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
> >
> > Happen a hardware detection, system to freezes. Syslog in the attachment.
> >
> > Another time I'm trying got the Ubuntu Core image using command:
> >
> > # sudo dd if=ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img of=/dev/sdb bs=32M
> >
> > After started the boot from USB flash drive I got a black screen. I
> > don't see grub and loading of system does not start.
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Andrey Smirnov
> > Technical expert
> > FACTOR TGC
> > Technology Group of the Companies
> > Moscow, Russia
> > Ph. +7(495)280-33-80 ext. 2204
> > E-mail: aos at fgts.ru
> >
> >
> > 2015-11-27 22:10 GMT+03:00 Manik Taneja <manik at canonical.com>:
> >> Hi Andrey,
> >>
> >> As Mark mentioned, there's no requirement to have UEFI supported BIOS to
> >> consume Snappy. We are working on a generic installer that will be made
> >> available
> >> with the 16.04 release.
> >>
> >> In the meantime, the way to move forward would be to mount the device's
> >> hard disk over USB in your workstation and write a Snappy image to it.
> >>
> >> Manik
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 8:12 AM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I don't think UEFI needs to be a hard requirement; it might just be a
> >>> limitation of that particular image. We need to make a more general
> >>> installer than "blat image to disk" for 16.04 LTS :)
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> On 27/11/15 12:54, Andrey Smirnov wrote:
> >>> > Good day!
> >>> >
> >>> > I have a Nexcom device DNA-113A. BIOS of this device does not support
> >>> > UEFI, so I couldn't install Ubuntu Snappy on this device. Here is the
> >>> > answer technical support Nexcom:
> >>> >
> >>> > "Per discussing with BIOS and SW teams, we are afraid that DNA113A is
> >>> > not fitting in your needs if Ubuntu Snappy is required, considering
> >>> > that UEFI is not supported by the BIOS of DNA113A (only Legacy
> >>> > supported).
> >>> >
> >>> > We checked the current BIOS of NSA1120A and DNA2120A and got that
> UEFI
> >>> > is not supported on both the BIOS either.
> >>> >
> >>> > Sorry for the inconvenience caused."
> >>> >
> >>> > Have you any idea how to install Snappy Ubuntu on the device, which
> >>> > does not support the UEFI? Can we use LILO or ONIE boot loaders?
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Best regards,
> >>> > Andrey Smirnov
> >>> > Technical expert
> >>> > FACTOR TGC
> >>> > Technology Group of the Companies
> >>> > Moscow, Russia
> >>> > Ph. +7(495)280-33-80 ext. 2204
> >>> > E-mail: aos at fgts.ru
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>>
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