Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Doh, I've done it again...

[Serge L. <fi...@in...>]

Dick,

Dick Middleton wrote:

>>> Firstly install-on-usb didn't put the etc.tar.bz2 on the usb stick.
...
> 
> Wouldn't it be a lot easier to just ask upfront where to put the config file if 
> there isn't one?  Keep it simple; it doesn't happen very often.
I see. Sorry for inattention. The cream of the joke is that there are several
places where it is asked about that. Most probably ^C broke subshell/function
execution and you didn't see expected dialog.

> 
>> If the above is correct you are ready to use install-on-hdd script! :-)
> 
> Something new to play with!
> 
> ( BTW the documentation on the web site still talks about floppy discs! )
Certainly, because I treat the tool as an experimental one. It seems the script
was tested by me only, so there may be a lot of bugs (I hope not so much really).

> 
>> PS. I posted the message with install-on-hdd, which is a bit more
>> featured version of install-on-usb script.
> 
> the possibility to recreate initrd (TODO: change in to
>> initramfs) to have only really necessary modules loaded.
> 
> Yes, that needs to be done.  Every man and his dog is being loaded now.
> 
> Anyway, I'm sure you'll get there.  I was just reporting what I encountered. 
> I'm not demanding you fix it.
Dick, the main idea of my activity is to fix everything working wrong :-). So
I'm very appreciate your feedback and will try to find the reason and correct it.

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Sincerely,
Serge Leschinsky