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DanBUK
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 Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:09 am Post subject: Thanks |
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Thanks Chadduss,
You've made my friday.
Quick replys - Well i aint slept, but thats my fault.... (07:20am at the moment....)
Its been quite fun working on it. At the moment I am working on getting multi kernels into the script. Auto hardware config noltha is working on. And FB/blootspash support.
So soon it will be kinda finished.
If anyone has any suggestions, fire away?
Cheers,
Daniel.
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Chadduss
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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I have one question though. When the CD boots up it comes to that screen "telling you hit F2 for verbose or hit enter" etc. Where is that image kept in the cdroot?
Thanks again! |
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:51 pm Post subject: bg image |
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The image is at the moment stored the the /etc/livecd-ng/profiles/global/gentoo.lss
in the next verison i will be making it profile independent.
Cheers,
DanB.
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Chadduss
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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hmm, tried opening it with gimp. Didn't work. Know of anyway that I can edit it?
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:09 pm Post subject: yep here are some rough steps |
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### Howto make .lss files for screen at boot prompt
Please be aware that the final splash image will be 640 pixels wide
with 4bpp color depth (16 colors)
The vertical dimension should be definitely less then 480 pixels and
please be aware that you need some space below your image on the splash
screen for your welcome text - at least one line for the boot prompt.
So we have a .gif with an optimized palette reduced to 16 colors. Next,
we need to convert it to .lss, with an intermediate step via .ppm.
The first step is easy:
giftoppm image.gif >image.ppm
./ppmtolss16 '#c0cfc0=7' <image.ppm >image.lss
More detail goto:
http://sweb.cz/Frantisek.Rysanek/splash/isolinux-splash-HOWTO.html
Cheers Dan.
EDIT:
Umm i didnt read properly first time... edit ... right.
lss16toppm < gentoo.lss >gentoo.ppm
ppmtogif gentoo.ppm > gentoo.gif
But i guess you worked that out 
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Chadduss
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, thanks a lot! This is going to make my project all so much easier! |
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:24 pm Post subject: Well... |
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The current state of the code that i am working on at the moment, has multiple initrd/kernels generated from some more settings in the profile and another kernel config.
Ill test it a little more, then ill post it.
And if anyone could let me know how they get on, I'd be glad.
Cheers,
Dan.
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Zenshi
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: |
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Hello all,
Im using DanBUK livecd-ng-1.1 to create the LiveUSB image and i stumbled into a problem:
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Using current working directory as LIVECD_ROOT.
6000+0 records in
6000+0 records out
Error: usbcore.o not found; skipping...
Error: dc395x_trm.o not found; skipping...
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What i done wrong for the usbcore.o file don't get found? (I don't use dc396x_trm.o so, i don't bother with it)
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Been testing a bit with it and now i have been having this problem on the livecd-ng minimal build:
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make: *** No rule to make target `oldconfig'. Stop.
chroot_generate: error: Chroot kernel/2nd package build failure
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I used a stage2 tarball to create the build, any hints on what's wrong?
Also, on the 1st case that i posted, i got a livecd.iso of 212Mb, is this normal?
i wanna make a livecd for installing from USB, and i don't wanna buy a 256Mb dongle, they are still too expensive 
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Thanks in advance
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Chadduss
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| to get usb core to work open up the kernel config and have it set to m for module. As for the dcmblah It's not in the vanilla sources kernel for some reason and just will not be builf with make modules. As for the stage tarball I'd suggest using a stage 3 |
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Zenshi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Hello all,
DanBUK, is there any way to have support for 2.4.6 kernels?
My mobo as a 3Com 940 chipset and i need to create my LiveCD with 2.4.6 kernel in order to have the network card working...
Thanks in advance
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Yes, thats easy... In the profiles folder for each profiele there is a stage1-packages and stage2, the stage1 contains the kernel that is emerged into the system. Or if you allready have a chroot, you can "enter" the chroot , run make menuconfig then exit the chroot and cp the .config from inside the chroots /usr/src/linux and place it in the profile, change the settigns to point to that kernel file and run kernbuild.
I hope that makes sense.
Cheers,
Dan.
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Zenshi
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hello all,
DanBUK, the problem i was facing was that if i used a 2.6.0 kernel , the compressed_loop.c won't complie straight, that makes any sense to you?
Also, what are the minimal packages to use in stage1 and stage2 to have the smallest possible livecd.cloop file (I dunno why, but the smallest one that i could produce was 123Mb, not goog to fit in my 64MB USB dongle)
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:43 am Post subject: ummm |
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| Zenshi wrote: | | DanBUK, the problem i was facing was that if i used a 2.6.0 kernel , the compressed_loop.c won't complie straight, that makes any sense to you? |
Yeh that makes perfect sense I should have removed it from the settings before I packaged up, I hand not managed to get it to compile either.
| Zenshi wrote: | | Also, what are the minimal packages to use in stage1 and stage2 to have the smallest possible livecd.cloop file (I dunno why, but the smallest one that i could produce was 123Mb, not goog to fit in my 64MB USB dongle) |
At the moment the minimal packages are quite bulky for isdn, asdl, lots etc
I am today working on a clean list to add into the next version. In the version you are using you can look at the ./profiles/global/clean file. I have commented a lot out but that will make your cd a lot smaller. Use it with livecd-ng <profile> clean
Hope that makes sense,
cheers,
Dan.
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Zenshi
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hello DanBUK,
When will you release a version that can use the 2.6.0 kernels?
I really, really need to use 2.6.0 kernel, cause it's the only kernel that has support for my network card...
Thanks in advance
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Zenshi wrote: | Hello DanBUK,
When will you release a version that can use the 2.6.0 kernels?
I really, really need to use 2.6.0 kernel, cause it's the only kernel that has support for my network card...
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Hi, Umm, I will try out some different cloop versions but i think there are major differences in the way the kernel talks with 2.6 than 2.4, than does not mean that cramfs couldn't be considered, not sure on the compression of it but its somthing to consider. So until cloop gets upto speed with 2.6 there will be problems.
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ixion
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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now when I boot off of a new CD I'm getting these errors. Now, this is not from the default, but after using gentoo-sources and tweaking a few things..
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---- Mounting the CD
---- CD medium found on /newroot/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
---- Mounting compressed loopback filesystem
Using /modules/cloop.o
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflate_workspacesize_Rce5ac24f
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateEnd_R9ef45f92
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflate_R64cf8602
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateInit_R456e911d
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateReset_Ref76d642
mount: Mounting /dev/cloop on /newroot/mnt/cloop failed: No such device or address
---- Copying and symlinking files from CD to populate /
mkdir: Cannot create directory 'lib': File exists
cp: root: No such file or directory
cp: home: No such file or directory
cp: var: No such file or directory
ln: ./var/log: No such file or directory
---- Switching to tmpfs root filesystem
exec: chroot: No such file or directory
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
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I also have a couple questions. Would I be able to have the keymap select eliminated. I would like the CD to boot to a linux system without any interaction. Is this possible? Secondly, can I have custom scripts run on bootup?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Using /modules/cloop.o
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflate_workspacesize_Rce5ac24f
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateEnd_R9ef45f92
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflate_R64cf8602
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateInit_R456e911d
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_inflateReset_Ref76d642
mount: Mounting /dev/cloop on /newroot/mnt/cloop failed: No such device or address
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It looks like youve changed kernels but havent rerun all the initrd steps, or if your new kernel doesnt have zlib compiled inside(you need to disable encryption i think for that) it will break also.
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I also have a couple questions. Would I be able to have the keymap select eliminated. I would like the CD to boot to a linux system without any interaction. Is this possible? Secondly, can I have custom scripts run on bootup? |
Yep, if you take a look at the global/linuxrc you will see a section for the keymaps, and for the scsi, about 2/3 down. comment out the keymaps, and scsi if you want. Then whist "enter" the chroot, edit the /etc/rc.conf for the correct keymap, run rc-update add keymaps default , and any others you might want. You can also edit the /etc/conf.d/local.start and .stop for extra commands at boot/shutdown.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:59 pm Post subject: LiveCD/USB Stick - 2.6 kernel |
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I am interested in trying to get a LiveCD with the 2.6 kernel... Does anyone or has anyone been able to do this. Where where any errors while useing "livecd-ng"?
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:18 pm Post subject: FORKED fb-livecd |
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Hi All,
I have just released a newer version of the livecd script, as i has undergone so many changes i have also renamed/forked it. fb-livecd .
More details: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=591401
Cheers,
Daniel.
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Fraggle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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I am getting the following error...Any ideas what I did wrong?
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EXT2-fs error (device ramdisk(1,0)): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=96865, block=98115
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
EXT2-fs error (device ramdisk(1,0)): ext2_read_inode: unable to read inode block - inode=16145, block=16355
Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
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It is driving me nuts! |
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Aproxx
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hello!
I had aborted the livecd-ng fetch because it stopped to download. But when I try to restart it, there comes the message: Using working directory as LIVECD_ROOT.
What could I do? |
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Fraggle
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Aproxx wrote: | Hello!
I had aborted the livecd-ng fetch because it stopped to download. But when I try to restart it, there comes the message: Using working directory as LIVECD_ROOT.
What could I do? |
Just remove the partial download. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| oh, thx! |
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laffel
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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Since several days I'm trying to bring the livecd up and running.
With the new 1.1 livecd-ng I was able to create the iso image but now I've got always an error when booting it.
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* Checking root filesystem... [ok]
* Remounting root filesystem read/write...
* Root filesystem could not be mounted R/W :( [!!]
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DanBUK
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| laffel wrote: | Since several days I'm trying to bring the livecd up and running.
With the new 1.1 livecd-ng I was able to create the iso image but now I've got always an error when booting it.
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* Checking root filesystem... [ok]
* Remounting root filesystem read/write...
* Root filesystem could not be mounted R/W :( [!!]
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Umm Im not sure, could you try out the 1.2 version: http://livecd.lockedbox.net/
There were lots of changes between 1.1 and 1.2
Regards,
Daniel.
EDIT - It kinda looks like your using an earlier version of the chkroot script. |
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