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[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-741777 ] depmod: unresolved symbols in pcwd.o

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Bugs item #741777, was opened at 2003-05-22 09:55
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Category: Base System
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: depmod: unresolved symbols in pcwd.o

Initial Comment:
message comes up on final system
even after a clean build

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[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-725309 ] add SMP support

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Bugs item #725309, was opened at 2003-04-21 16:51
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Category: Build System
>Group: v0.6
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
>Assigned to: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Summary: add SMP support

Initial Comment:
add the option to enable SMP in menuconfig

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[Devil-linux-develop] Update in boot process.

[Bruce S. <bw...@re...>]

I just uploaded changes to CVS that allows DL to create a default
configuration for you.  If during the boot, DL finds an empty floppy in
the drive, it now asks permission to copy the default etc tar file to
the floppy.  It also gives you the option to probe for SCSI controllers
in case your CD drive is on a SCSI chain.

This simplifies a new DL install.  Instead of having to create the
floppy manually, now just boot the first time with a blank/formatted
floppy in the drive, and answer the questions.

Existing installations (that already have a good config on floppy) will
not notice any difference.

Before building a new ISO, you must create a new etc directory.  If you
don't want to start over with a "make mrproper", do this:

  rm tmp/.done_install_015_create_etc tmp/.done_iso_100_build-iso
  make install
  make iso

and test out my new changes!  :-)

 - BS

[Devil-linux-develop] [fmII] Linux Virtual Server 1.0.9 released (IPVS for kernel 2.4 branch)

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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] We welcome Bruce Smith as new core developer of Devil-Linux!

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Thanks guys, I look forward to working on Devil-Linux!!!

 - BS


> Hello all!
> 
> I herby welcome our new core developer Bruce Smith. He's showed a
> lot of attitude towards improving Devil-Linux and also private mails
> have convinced Heiko an me that he'll fit just right into the team.
> 
> Welcome once more.

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] glibc 2.3.2

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>it's time for a "make mrproper" again !
>>
> 
> I wonder if it would be a good idea to update http://www.busybox.net/
> too?.  They've had 3 "bugfix" releases since the version DL is running.
> 

good idea, I'll put it into the SF bug tracker.

Heiko

[Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-740185 ] update busybox

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Bugs item #740185, was opened at 2003-05-19 19:22
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Category: Base System
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Heiko Zuerker (smiley73)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: update busybox

Initial Comment:
get newest version for initrd

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[Devil-linux-develop] We welcome Bruce Smith as new core developer of Devil-Linux!

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Hello all!

I herby welcome our new core developer Bruce Smith. He's showed a
lot of attitude towards improving Devil-Linux and also private mails
have convinced Heiko an me that he'll fit just right into the team.

Welcome once more.

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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] glibc 2.3.2

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> it's time for a "make mrproper" again !

I wonder if it would be a good idea to update http://www.busybox.net/
too?.  They've had 3 "bugfix" releases since the version DL is running.

 - BS

[Devil-linux-develop] glibc 2.3.2

[Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...>]

Hey guys,

it's time for a "make mrproper" again !

I just uploaded the glibc 2.3.2 sources to the ftp server.
Everything seems to compile fine, except of kerberos.

cya
  Heiko
=

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>>>I also ment to offer the user the option to run this script when
>>>>>devil can not load config from a floppy. So starting it up without
>>>>>a floppy, creating a basic config, booting the system and then
>>>>>writing the config with save_config.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Even better, let's do both.
>>>>
>>>Sounds good.  How can I help? 
>>>Do you want me to run with part or all of it?
>>>
>>All of it. ;-)
>>
> 
> I was hoping you'd say that!  :-)
> 
> 
>>Once there's a working base, we can add our ideas.
>>
> 
> What's the best method of accepting user input during the boot process?
> I've seen programs you can stick in shell scripts that accept input
> using a curses screen.  Is there any such thing available to DL on boot?
> Or should I use the boring echo/read standard shell commands?

I actually was never looking into that, so echo/read is the only option 
I know.
You probably could leverage the "lxdialog" we use for our "make 
menuconfig" or something similar.

Heiko

P.S. going offline now

Re: using vmware for testing (was Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :))

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > I've never even run a "make dist"  command.  
> > What's it good for?
>
> Just run it and take a look in the dist/ directory afterwards.
> It's for making the result ready for distribution.

Ah, OK.  I see now!
I was thinking it make something different ... never mind.  :-/

> >>Another tip:
> >>Put a dos formated disk into drive a: then do
> >>   dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy-image
> >>You can mount this
> >>   mount floppy-image /mnt -o loop
> >>   cd /mnt
> >>   rm *      (only if floppy was not empty)
> >>   tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2
> >>   cd homedir
> >>   umount /mnt
> > 
> > OK, that creates an _un_tar'ed etc directory in the floppy image,
> > but I thought the boot process wanted /etc tar'ed up?
> > 
> > Shouldn't the "tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2" command be:
> > "cp /path-to/etc.tar.bz2 /mnt"  instead???
> 
> Yes, of course. Must have been a little absent-minded when I
> wrote that.

You just wanted to see if I was paying attention, right?  :-)

 - BS

Re: using vmware for testing (was Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :))

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>Actually for testing you'd only need to run 'make iso'.
> 
> Yes, that's what I've been doing.  I've been wondering about 
> the purpose of "make dist", and this jogged my memory to ask.
> 
> I've never even run a "make dist"  command.  
> Why would I want to?  What's it good for?
> I'm missing the point again!  :-)

Just run it and take a look in the dist/ directory afterwards.

It's for making the result ready for distribution. Like the
stuff you can download from
   ftp://ftp.devil-linux.org/pub/devel/testing/


>>Another tip:
>>Put a dos formated disk into drive a: then do
>>   dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy-image
>>You can mount this
>>   mount floppy-image /mnt -o loop
>>   cd /mnt
>>   rm *      (only if floppy was not empty)
>>   tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2
>>   cd homedir
>>   umount /mnt
> 
> 
> OK, that creates an _un_tar'ed etc directory in the floppy image,
> but I thought the boot process wanted /etc tar'ed up?
> 
> Shouldn't the "tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2" command be:
> "cp /path-to/etc.tar.bz2 /mnt"  instead???

Yes, of course. Must have been a little absent-minded when I
wrote that.

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Re: using vmware for testing (was Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :))

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > Speaking of testing, what good is the results of "make dist"?
> > Can that be used for testing some how?
> 
> Actually for testing you'd only need to run 'make iso'.

Yes, that's what I've been doing.  I've been wondering about 
the purpose of "make dist", and this jogged my memory to ask.

I've never even run a "make dist"  command.  
Why would I want to?  What's it good for?
I'm missing the point again!  :-)

> Another tip:
> Put a dos formated disk into drive a: then do
>    dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy-image
> You can mount this
>    mount floppy-image /mnt -o loop
>    cd /mnt
>    rm *      (only if floppy was not empty)
>    tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2
>    cd homedir
>    umount /mnt

OK, that creates an _un_tar'ed etc directory in the floppy image,
but I thought the boot process wanted /etc tar'ed up?

Shouldn't the "tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2" command be:
"cp /path-to/etc.tar.bz2 /mnt"  instead???

> Now configure vmware to use the bootcd.iso and the floppy-image
> files as cdrom and floppy drive.

Right.  Got 'ya.

> For testing you'd usually cd to tmp/ISO/initrdtree and create
> your scripts there (except for config/etc/initrd/linuxrc,
> config/etc/initrd/links and tmp/ETC/etc/init.d/functions).
> 
> Then run 'scripts/build.sh iso' and retest with vmware.

Will do, thanks again!

 - BS

using vmware for testing (was Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :))

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>PS: vmware is great when it comes to test the boot process. You
>>can just boot of an iso image and the floppy drive is simulated
>>via a floppy image.
> 
> 
> I'll do that, thanks for the tip!

Your welcome.


> Speaking of testing, what good is the results of "make dist"?
> Can that be used for testing some how?

Actually for testing you'd only need to run 'make iso'.

Another tip:
Put a dos formated disk into drive a: then do
   dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy-image
You can mount this
   mount floppy-image /mnt -o loop
   cd /mnt
   rm *      (only if floppy was not empty)
   tar -xvjf /path-to/etc.tar.bz2
   cd homedir
   umount /mnt

Now configure vmware to use the bootcd.iso and the floppy-image
files as cdrom and floppy drive.

For testing you'd usually cd to tmp/ISO/initrdtree and create
your scripts there (except for config/etc/initrd/linuxrc,
config/etc/initrd/links and tmp/ETC/etc/init.d/functions).

Then run 'scripts/build.sh iso' and retest with vmware.

Happy hacking!

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Friedrich Lobenstock
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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> PS: vmware is great when it comes to test the boot process. You
> can just boot of an iso image and the floppy drive is simulated
> via a floppy image.

I'll do that, thanks for the tip!

Speaking of testing, what good is the results of "make dist"?
Can that be used for testing some how?

--
Thanks, Bruce.

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> What's the best method of accepting user input during the boot process?
> I've seen programs you can stick in shell scripts that accept input
> using a curses screen.  Is there any such thing available to DL on boot?
> Or should I use the boring echo/read standard shell commands?

If you copy the ncurses stuff to the boot initrd then you've got
what you want.

PS: vmware is great when it comes to test the boot process. You
can just boot of an iso image and the floppy drive is simulated
via a floppy image.

-- 
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Friedrich Lobenstock
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Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >>>I also ment to offer the user the option to run this script when
> >>>devil can not load config from a floppy. So starting it up without
> >>>a floppy, creating a basic config, booting the system and then
> >>>writing the config with save_config.
> >>>
> >>Even better, let's do both.
> > 
> > Sounds good.  How can I help? 
> > Do you want me to run with part or all of it?
> 
> All of it. ;-)

I was hoping you'd say that!  :-)

> Once there's a working base, we can add our ideas.

What's the best method of accepting user input during the boot process?
I've seen programs you can stick in shell scripts that accept input
using a curses screen.  Is there any such thing available to DL on boot?
Or should I use the boring echo/read standard shell commands?

 - BS

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>I also ment to offer the user the option to run this script when
>>>devil can not load config from a floppy. So starting it up without
>>>a floppy, creating a basic config, booting the system and then
>>>writing the config with save_config.
>>>
>>Even better, let's do both.
>>
> 
> Sounds good.  How can I help? 
> Do you want me to run with part or all of it?

All of it. ;-)

Once there's a working base, we can add our ideas.

Heiko

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > I also ment to offer the user the option to run this script when
> > devil can not load config from a floppy. So starting it up without
> > a floppy, creating a basic config, booting the system and then
> > writing the config with save_config.
> 
> Even better, let's do both.

Sounds good.  How can I help? 
Do you want me to run with part or all of it?

 - BS

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Future improvement ideas. (resend/new thread :)

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:
> Heiko Zuerker wrote:
> 
>> Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:
>>  > Bruce Smith wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >> The advanced user would still be able create their own custom
>>  >> configuration on floppy, just like they do now.  It wouldn't effect
>>  >> the power user at all.
>>  >>
>>  >> Thoughts?  Am I missing anything?
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > How to detect an empty floppy, it could also just be the case that
>>  > the current floppy got bad sectors and now we are going to overwrite
>>  > it. This would need some protection, eg. asking the user for
>>  > permission to go on.
>>  >
>>  > Why not write a simple "create a basic config" script that can be
>>  > run when there's either no config or a broken one available.
>>
>> I agree with Friedl, it's better to create a basic configuration script.
>> It would be the same functionality, except the user has to start it
>> manually.
> 
> 
> I also ment to offer the user the option to run this script when
> devil can not load config from a floppy. So starting it up without
> a floppy, creating a basic config, booting the system and then
> writing the config with save_config.

Even better, let's do both.

Heiko