Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [PATCH] linuxrc

[Tim T. <t....@co...>]

Heiko Zuerker wrote:

> Tim Tait wrote:
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>> Tim Tait wrote:
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>>> I made what I think is a few enhancements to the linuxrc script... 
>>> now this is my 1st attempt at any real script mods, so I may not 
>>> have it all correct.
>>>
>>> First is simple, I have it check floppies for a config 1st, thus 
>>> allowing someone to temporarily test new configs by overiding one 
>>> stored on a HD. Probably be good to check other removeable media 
>>> list USB 1st too but thats trickier. I don't think this raises a 
>>> security risk, cause if someone can put floppies into your machine 
>>> they can do a lot worse too.
>>>
>>> 2nd, if you have multiple possible sources of  the configuration 
>>> file, if it's not on the first one, it halts the boot to prompt if 
>>> you want to write a default one to it. This is really bad, because 
>>> it hangs the system on an unattended reboot. So I tweaked the script 
>>> to check all media 1st, then if none was found do a 2nd pass to look 
>>> for blank media. Of course lastly it still checks the CDROM. Is it 
>>> possible to pass the config source from grub as option, like it 
>>> works for  "root=/dev/hda1"?
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>> 2nd try with "unified diff" attachment. I couldn't get the cvs diff 
>> -run to work, sorry.
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> The patch is in CVS now, I did some more cleanup and you forgott a 
> "umount /floppy".
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> Heiko

Yes, I found that out last night :( Sorry. I was testing out some more 
changes I mind and was hoping to submit a new patch but my build machine 
is misbehaving, seems to be a well documented issue with APIC on nForce2 
motherboards:(( Causes it to lockup when there is a lot of interrupts 
like IDE r/w during a big build #@$!@$%$#%.

Anyhow thanks for fixing and including it!

Tim