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From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-28 13:53:35
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On 10/28/2003 02:51:48 AM Diego Torres wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 09:35:04PM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:
>> > >and because of this, none of the commands entered to grub work. :=
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>help! :)
>> > >
>> > I guess we need some intelligence in the script.
>> > This line is most likely the problem:
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>> > GRUBPART=3D$(expr ${PARTITION##/dev/[hs]d[a-z]} - 1)
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>> Yeah, that'll do it. I'll take a look tomorrow.
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>Not sure. Because on my system, (as i'm running devfsd), i have
>/dev/sda and /dev/sda1 as links
>to /dev/host0.../disc and blahblahblah/part1.
>
>So the problem is beyond that point, because grub doesn't recognize
>root /dev/host0.../disc as a valid option.
I'm sure it's this line.
LVM doesn't like the symlinks either,when you use devfs you need to use=
the
"real" device name.
Heiko
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From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-28 14:39:32
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On 10/28/2003 09:02:41 AM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> >> > This line is most likely the problem:
>> >> >
>> >> > GRUBPART=3D$(expr ${PARTITION##/dev/[hs]d[a-z]} - 1)
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, that'll do it. I'll take a look tomorrow.
>> >
>> >Not sure. Because on my system, (as i'm running devfsd), i have
>> >/dev/sda and /dev/sda1 as links
>> >to /dev/host0.../disc and blahblahblah/part1.
>> >
>> >So the problem is beyond that point, because grub doesn't recognize=
>> >root /dev/host0.../disc as a valid option.
>>
>> I'm sure it's this line.
>> LVM doesn't like the symlinks either,when you use devfs you need to
>use the
>> "real" device name.
>
>Do all devfs systems have symlinks? Is that a standard part of devfs?=
The symlinks are created by the devfsd, which is a special daemon to
support software which can't handle the devfs.
Every distrib "should" support this, though I'm not certain.
cya
Heiko
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-28 14:53:49
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> >Do all devfs systems have symlinks? Is that a standard part of devfs? > > The symlinks are created by the devfsd, which is a special daemon to > support software which can't handle the devfs. > Every distrib "should" support this, though I'm not certain. Do you think it would be safe to test for a symlink in the script? if [ -L /dev/sda ]; then # (replace /dev/sda with the variable of the device entered) - BS |
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From: Diego T. <dt...@co...> - 2003-10-28 15:02:45
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:44:07AM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote: > Do you think it would be safe to test for a symlink in the script? > > if [ -L /dev/sda ]; then > # (replace /dev/sda with the variable of the device entered) why not ask everything needed to the user? print a warning on the screen, and if the user screws it, then it'll be his/her fault. pd.- should the memtest86 option be available to the usb stick? maybe we could make memtest a default appl on every dl version (its very small [<300kb] and very useful) -- -- gnupg keyfingerprint -- 48AF 5BF9 8F54 2966 64CC 2327 7CD0 DD91 B09D 5799 -- Use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders. Diego Torres - dt...@co... - Madrid / España |
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-28 16:38:29
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> > Do you think it would be safe to test for a symlink in the script? > > > > if [ -L /dev/sda ]; then > > # (replace /dev/sda with the variable of the device entered) > > why not ask everything needed to the user? print a warning on the screen, and if the user screws it, then it'll be his/her fault. > > pd.- should the memtest86 option be available to the usb stick? maybe we could make memtest a default appl on every dl version (its very small [<300kb] and very useful) OK, I made a bunch of changes and checked it in 1.1 (untested!). Can you try it and see what happens? I don't have a devfs system for testing. I also added a grub entry for memtest86, if it's installed. - BS |
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From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-28 16:57:04
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On 10/28/2003 11:38:22 AM Bruce Smith wrote: >> > Do you think it would be safe to test for a symlink in the script?= >> > >> > if [ -L /dev/sda ]; then >> > # (replace /dev/sda with the variable of the device entered) >> >> why not ask everything needed to the user? print a warning on the >screen, and if the user screws it, then it'll be his/her fault. >> >> pd.- should the memtest86 option be available to the usb stick? mayb= e >we could make memtest a default appl on every dl version (its very >small [<300kb] and very useful) > >OK, I made a bunch of changes and checked it in 1.1 (untested!). > >Can you try it and see what happens? >I don't have a devfs system for testing. > >I also added a grub entry for memtest86, if it's installed. I think this is stuff which should go into 1.0, too. What do you think ? I start building the 1.0 Images tomorrow (Tuesday) night, so please tes= t it immediatelly. cya Heiko = |
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-28 18:01:14
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> >OK, I made a bunch of changes and checked it in 1.1 (untested!). > > > >Can you try it and see what happens? > >I don't have a devfs system for testing. > > > >I also added a grub entry for memtest86, if it's installed. > > I think this is stuff which should go into 1.0, too. > What do you think ? Sure, if tests show it to work. > I start building the 1.0 Images tomorrow (Tuesday) night, so please test it > immediatelly. I can try it on a non-devfs system, but I don't have any devfs systems to test it on. - BS |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2003-10-28 18:16:31
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>> >OK, I made a bunch of changes and checked it in 1.1 (untested!). >> > >> >Can you try it and see what happens? >> >I don't have a devfs system for testing. >> > >> >I also added a grub entry for memtest86, if it's installed. >> >> I think this is stuff which should go into 1.0, too. >> What do you think ? > > Sure, if tests show it to work. > >> I start building the 1.0 Images tomorrow (Tuesday) night, so please test >> it >> immediatelly. > > I can try it on a non-devfs system, but I don't have any devfs systems > to test it on. You do have Devil-Linux boxes somewhere and you do have VMWare. ;-) -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-28 18:07:38
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> > I start building the 1.0 Images tomorrow (Tuesday) night, Unless the mailings lists are 24 hours slow again (they haven't been), today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is Wednesday. We are still in the same time zone, right? Or did you forget to set your clocks back? ;-) So, are you starting build tonight (Tue) or tomorrow night (Wed)? - BS |
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From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2003-10-28 18:42:25
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>> > I start building the 1.0 Images tomorrow (Tuesday) night, > > Unless the mailings lists are 24 hours slow again (they haven't been), > today is Tuesday. Tomorrow is Wednesday. We are still in the same > time zone, right? Or did you forget to set your clocks back? ;-) > > So, are you starting build tonight (Tue) or tomorrow night (Wed)? OH CRAP ! *ROFL* I had yesterday off, so today is Monday.....or not. Yes I will start building tonight. -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org |
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From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-28 14:03:23
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> >> > This line is most likely the problem:
> >> >
> >> > GRUBPART=$(expr ${PARTITION##/dev/[hs]d[a-z]} - 1)
> >>
> >> Yeah, that'll do it. I'll take a look tomorrow.
> >
> >Not sure. Because on my system, (as i'm running devfsd), i have
> >/dev/sda and /dev/sda1 as links
> >to /dev/host0.../disc and blahblahblah/part1.
> >
> >So the problem is beyond that point, because grub doesn't recognize
> >root /dev/host0.../disc as a valid option.
>
> I'm sure it's this line.
> LVM doesn't like the symlinks either,when you use devfs you need to use the
> "real" device name.
Do all devfs systems have symlinks? Is that a standard part of devfs?
- BS
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From: Diego T. <dt...@co...> - 2003-10-28 14:42:16
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:02:41AM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote: > > Do all devfs systems have symlinks? Is that a standard part of devfs? symlinks are provided by devsfd, the daemon. -- -- gnupg keyfingerprint -- 48AF 5BF9 8F54 2966 64CC 2327 7CD0 DD91 B09D 5799 -- Use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders. Diego Torres - dt...@co... - Madrid / España |
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From: Diego T. <dt...@co...> - 2003-10-28 14:57:05
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:02:41AM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote: > > > > > >So the problem is beyond that point, because grub doesn't recognize > > >root /dev/host0.../disc as a valid option. > > > > I'm sure it's this line. > > LVM doesn't like the symlinks either,when you use devfs you need to use the > > "real" device name. you were right. Doing some sort of manual configuration: DEVICE=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc GRUBPART=0 PARTITION=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 resulsts in a perfectly booting usb stick on an epia cl10000 motherboard. I'm quite happy :) pd.- look at freevix-0.72.tar.bz2 (www.freevix.org). Its a small distro optimized for running a clone of mplayer+fluxbox on an epia board. wow! -- -- gnupg keyfingerprint -- 48AF 5BF9 8F54 2966 64CC 2327 7CD0 DD91 B09D 5799 -- Use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders. Diego Torres - dt...@co... - Madrid / España |
