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[Plummer, Kit]

Trying to install Fedora IoT onto some older embedded X86 SBCs.  I see the installer launch, and briefly ‘anaconda’ with some output saying the installer is starting.  But then a black/blank screen on my VGA monitor.

What am I doing wrong?  The docs I’ve seen don’t really show me, even for rPi.

TIA.

—-
Kit Plummer, Principal Research Engineer
GTRI
678.741.4734

[David Sastre]

You don't say which hardware, which installation method, or what
documentation you followed, so this is generic help.
(This is documented at
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/physical-device-setup/)

First, verify the hardware is supported:

$ arm-image-installer --supported

Then write a bootable SD card and power on the device. A serial console is
probably better for troubleshooting.
A different setup procedure is also available:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/ignition/

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 2:55 PM Plummer, Kit 
wrote:
> Trying to install Fedora IoT onto some older embedded X86 SBCs.  I see the
> installer launch, and briefly ‘anaconda’ with some output saying the
> installer is starting.  But then a black/blank screen on my VGA monitor.
>
> What am I doing wrong?  The docs I’ve seen don’t really show me, even for
> rPi.
>
> TIA.
>
> —-
> Kit Plummer, Principal Research Engineer
> GTRI
> 678.741.4734
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[Plummer, Kit]

What is the starting point?  It is a generic X86 PC104 SBC.  So should I already have Fedora running in it?

I’ve starting with an image burned to a USB stick and booted it.  Which it does, then I select “Install” which starts a process.  I see the anaconda shell briefly and can alt-tab to a prompt.  But then the display goes away and I can no longer see anything.

I’ll take a look at the docs provided today.  Thanks

Kit

On May 13, 2022, at 1:27 AM, David Sastre  wrote:


You don't say which hardware, which installation method, or what documentation you followed, so this is generic help.
(This is documented at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/physical-device-setup/)

First, verify the hardware is supported:

$ arm-image-installer --supported

Then write a bootable SD card and power on the device. A serial console is probably better for troubleshooting.
A different setup procedure is also available: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/iot/ignition/

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 2:55 PM Plummer, Kit <[e-mail]> wrote:
Trying to install Fedora IoT onto some older embedded X86 SBCs.  I see the installer launch, and briefly ‘anaconda’ with some output saying the installer is starting.  But then a black/blank screen on my VGA monitor.

What am I doing wrong?  The docs I’ve seen don’t really show me, even for rPi.

TIA.

—-
Kit Plummer, Principal Research Engineer
GTRI
678.741.4734
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[Peter Robinson]

> Trying to install Fedora IoT onto some older embedded X86 SBCs.  I see the installer launch, and briefly ‘anaconda’ with some output saying the installer is starting.  But then a black/blank screen on my VGA monitor.

What is "older embedded", do they have UEFI? If they have a choice of
UEFI or traditional BIOS in the firmware? In IoT we only actively
support UEFI devices so you''ll need to make sure the devices have
that enabled in the firmware.
> What am I doing wrong?  The docs I’ve seen don’t really show me, even for rPi.

You don't really tell us what you're doing, even in your follow up
mail to be able to determine. Can you give the file name of the image
you're writing out to the USB stick?

The standard Fedora install guide should work for the x86 installer images.

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/install-guide/