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Wong McGregor · 08-10-2015, 03:08 AM

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Well, I've now made three attempts to do an internal install on my M92, which is supposed to be the easy way, and all three attempts failed seemingly in the same way. After I select 'Update Obuntu' from the boot loader menu, it reboots only a few minutes later which is obviously too fast for it to do the install. So something is going wrong at that point and, not surprizingly, I can't subsequently boot Obuntu from the boot loader.

I can't figure out from my notes what could have gone wrong. I've now tried with two different SD cards. I ended up using the MFG tool and it didn't seem to be a problem. It might be possible to attempt a pre-bootloader internal install, but the notes in the thread concerning how one might do this are not very clear because the instructions were re- or over-written with the arrival of the bootloader. So they don't seem very complete and require files which are no longer available from the same locations.

So I'll probably have to go back to working on my external (that is, SD card) install which I've never really had that much of a problem with (although it is a bit more complicated) apart from the wireless driver failing to load properly (every time). Unfortunately, Obuntu is very dependent on the wireless working as other means for installing packages offline don't seem to be a available on this distro.

I was hoping an internal install might provide a reasonally quick way forward, but it would seem as though it doesn't. I will continue to update the thread with any further progress I make, but apart from the uncertainties regarding my progress, I do have quite a bit on my plate at the moment. So this could take a while.

08-10-2015, 03:08 AM	#200
Wong McGregor Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 41374 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: Onyx Boox M92	@CJ Well, I've now made three attempts to do an internal install on my M92, which is supposed to be the easy way, and all three attempts failed seemingly in the same way. After I select 'Update Obuntu' from the boot loader menu, it reboots only a few minutes later which is obviously too fast for it to do the install. So something is going wrong at that point and, not surprizingly, I can't subsequently boot Obuntu from the boot loader. I can't figure out from my notes what could have gone wrong. I've now tried with two different SD cards. I ended up using the MFG tool and it didn't seem to be a problem. It might be possible to attempt a pre-bootloader internal install, but the notes in the thread concerning how one might do this are not very clear because the instructions were re- or over-written with the arrival of the bootloader. So they don't seem very complete and require files which are no longer available from the same locations. So I'll probably have to go back to working on my external (that is, SD card) install which I've never really had that much of a problem with (although it is a bit more complicated) apart from the wireless driver failing to load properly (every time). Unfortunately, Obuntu is very dependent on the wireless working as other means for installing packages offline don't seem to be a available on this distro. I was hoping an internal install might provide a reasonally quick way forward, but it would seem as though it doesn't. I will continue to update the thread with any further progress I make, but apart from the uncertainties regarding my progress, I do have quite a bit on my plate at the moment. So this could take a while.