From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-08-31 21:11:07
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Ok guys, I've managed to offer a way for the user to stay at the booloader configuration if it fails. Basically, if it fails, it will ask you wether to continue or not. click yes, moves on, click no, stays there to let you figure out the problem. On other notes, other things we need to figure out. LILO keeps failing because we have an empty initrd in the target. I'm not sure how or why this is happening, but doing ls -al /mnt/target/boot clearly shows a 0 size for the initrd file. The 0 initrd will report a "empty map section" error on the installer, according to google, LILO produces this error when it tries to access a referenced file with a 0 sector size. KDM Got tired of looking at the plain KDM login greeter last night, and I thought to myself, there has to be a way to make it show the face icons. And there is. The only problem is, we need to modify the kdmrc to make it look like this http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/trac/vlcore/attachment/ticket/14/kdmrc Not sure what the best way to do this would be, but I'm thinking maybe rip the kdebase-workspace package apart and patch the file or something. After patching the file, kdm will show the uers login face icons on the greeter, just a little nice touch that means nothing, but is nice to have. .bash_profile Linking $USER/.bash_profile to $USER/.bashrc works for sourcing the .bashrc. Apparently KDE expects this file instead of the .bashrc, however, if linked, then when you open a termina, you get the prompt this prompt twice: Frequently used programs: Configuration : vasm Package manager: slapt-get, pkg Network tools : ifconfig, host, ping, nmap, iptables File manager : mc (press F2 for useful menu) Editor : mcedit, nano, vi Multimedia : alsamixer, play |
From: Newt <gen...@gm...> - 2009-09-01 00:01:01
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Hello, Default installer that came with 1.19 (r752, I think). I don't know if this is any help at all but just in case it is. Running in debug mode I see: "MdlBootMngr.Get_Initrd_List.99: Looking for initrds in /mnt/sda1/boot" A quick listing of /mnt/sda1/boot reveals no files. Manually 'cp /mnt/source/isolinux/initrd.img /mnt/target/boot/initrd' works. Once the initrd image is in-place, lilo installs correctly to mbr and bootsector. Grub also installs correctly to mbr, and since installing grub to bootsector is highly suggested against doing, I would say that the bootloader installation seems to be working correctly. As M0E has already suggested, we just need to figure out why initrd is not being copied over correctly (if at all). Cheers, newt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Monday, August 31, 2009, 3:10:54 PM, M0E wrote: ML> LILO keeps failing because we have an empty initrd in the target. ML> I'm not sure how or why this is happening, but doing ls -al ML> /mnt/target/boot clearly shows a 0 size for the initrd file. The 0 ML> initrd will report a "empty map section" error on the installer, ML> according to google, LILO produces this error when it tries to access ML> a referenced file with a 0 sector size. |
From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-01 03:50:00
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I was under the impression that the initrd did not need to be copied.. that it would be provided by vlconfig2 along with theming customizations and things of that sort. If it is not currently in vlconfig2, we need to supply something for the time being in case the themes are not ready yet. |
From: uel a. <ue...@gm...> - 2009-09-01 04:26:09
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the initrd is suposed to be created at install time. im not sure why the one being created is empty, so In 1.20 I put one in the vlconfig2 pkg until we can figure that out. On 8/31/09, M0E Lnx <m0...@gm...> wrote: > > I was under the impression that the initrd did not need to be copied.. > that it would be provided by vlconfig2 along with theming > customizations and things of that sort. > > If it is not currently in vlconfig2, we need to supply something for > the time being in case the themes are not ready yet. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Vectorlinux-devel mailing list > Vec...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vectorlinux-devel > |
From: M0E L. <m0...@gm...> - 2009-09-01 12:47:29
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I installed this one last night and it worked like a charm ;) Of course, it was a VM with it being the lone OS on it, so I can't say if it works with other OS's present. |