This document describes the steps involved to restore a StrandVision Digital Signage linux archive file that is built off of Suse Linux 11.2.
 Following these instructions will destroy everything on your computer's hard drive!!! Select a computer that you are ok to destroy and rebuild.
Download and Create DVD
- If you have downloaded and created the OpenSuse 11.2 DVD before, you can skip this section
- Go to http://www.opensuse.org and click on the "Get It" button (http://software.opensuse.org/112/en gets to the 11.2 download directly) to download the latest DVD ISO images.
- Select a 64 bit PC. All of our recommended images are built for specific model computers and they all are 64 bit.
- Select the download method.
- Click download. This will take several hours to complete the download.
- Burn a DVD for each of the ISO images (Note: ISO
images are not written to DVDs the same way as files - if using Nero,
select Burn Image from the file menu)
- Be sure to label the DVD after burning it.
- You may want to consider burning two images or saving the original .iso file in case of a dvd failure for image restores of different versions in the future.
Download and Save the Archive File
- On any windows pc, download the .img.gz file as specified by StrandVision.
- Download the .img.md5 file (same prefix, just replace .gz with .md5)
- Download http://www.strandvision.com/data/md5deep-2.0.1-001.zip and extract md5deep.exe to c:\md5
- Open up a DOS window and change to the download directory (<drive>:<enter> and cd <directory>)
- Run md5deep -e filename.img.gz. Make sure the checksums match. If they do not, download the main file again.
- Copy the file to a 4GB or larger USB Thumb Drive or Hard Drive formatted as NTFS
Restore the Image
- Be sure the ROM BIOS is configured to boot from the DVD if there
- Boot from the DVD
- Move the menu within 10 seconds to select "Rescue System"
- Login as root with no password.
- Attach the USB hard drive formatted for ntfs (normal windows).
- type "cat /proc/partitions"
- Make note of the first one which is the hard drive on the pc (for example sda)
- Make note of the last one which is the usb drive volume. (for example sdb1)
- type "mkdir /flash"
- type "echo hello > /flash/xyz"
- typs "ls -l /flash" and you should see xyz listed
- type "mount -t ntfs /dev/sdb1 /flash" (replace sdb1 with the usb volume)
- type "ls -l /flash" and make sure the xyz file is NOT there and your file is there.
- Type the following to restore the archive(replacing sda with the hard drive and filename.img.gz with the file you downloaded and copied onto the usb hard drive. This will take several hours because it writes to the entire hard drive.
- gunzip -c /flash/filename.img.gz | dd of=/dev/sda conv=noerror,sync bs=1024
Expand the Last Partition
- Once the copy is complete, press and hold the power button until it turns off
- Boot again from the DVD
- Move the menu within 10 seconds to select "Repair Installed System"
- Select "Expert Tools".
- Select the Resize Partition option.
- Resize sda3 to the max size available.
Test The Installation
- Once the resize is complete, remove the DVD and press and hold the power button until it turns off.
- Turn the system back on.
- Once it comes up, you should be able to run the web browser and have internet connection.
- If it does not come up, contact StrandVision for assistance.
Make the Hard Drive Image
The pc is now properly setup to make your normal image. Follow your existing processes to image the hard drive for production
For each Computer Built - do the following
Change the Passwords
- Press Ctrl-F1 to open the command console.
- Log in with username root and password strandvision
- type "cd /home/svision"
- type "echo root,serial number > sqladmin.txt"
- within a minute all the root passwords will be changed to the serial number in this file
Do the Burn In
- To do the burnin, type
- zypper up &
- ./test.sh &
- type "top -c" to see a continuous running status of the server load. Press "q" to exit.
- There will be occasional times when messages go all over the screen - and it will be very slow, so be sure you are done configuring.
- Check it in 24 hours. If still running, all is good.
- optionally stop all processes by typing "killall bzip2".
- Shut the pc down properly by typing "Halt".
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