I restarted a build with only the cluster tools because it was the smaller of the tools and no dir additions. It is still building. I'll send more info when this is done.
Bruce On Jan 21, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Jean McCormack wrote: > Bruce, > > Copying caiman-discuss so everyone can be included in this discussion. > It's not clear what is going on here. I know you said the build had > no errors, but can you send the detailed log anyway? > You also might try breaking up the builds to do the just the studio > tools. See if it breaks. > It might give us a clue as to where the problem is. > > Jean > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Need help with using Distribution Constructor > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:48:24 -0700 > From: Bruce Rothermal <Bruce.Rothermal at Sun.COM> > To: Jean.McCormack at Sun.COM, Jack.Schwartz at sun.com, Karen.Tung at > Sun.COM > > > > Hi All > > I'm trying to figure out how to use the DC for creating an install > image of a specific configured system. I keep having problems > during the boot up. Everything else runs creating the iso and usb > images with no errors. > > I ran the simple example provided on the OpenSolaris web site and > everything ran fine, booted, etc. > > We want to take the basic system and include in the distro the > studio and clustertools packages. We also would like to include > certain directories which would contain our configuration scripts > etc that we would like to have run at startup. > > For now I created a manifest file which includes: > <pkg name="sunstudioexpress"/> > <pkg name="clustertools_8.1"/> > > I've also include the line > <base_include type="dir">export/home/hpcuser</base_include> > > (I've attached the entire manifest file) > I then run > /usr/bin/distro_const build ./slim_cd.xml > > Like I said it runs all the way through with no errors. I try both > burning the resulting iso and use usb_copy for a flash drive. > > When I boot using these I get past the physical checks, get to grub > menu and select the first default boot option. After a short while > I get enter maintenance user and password or Ctrl D. It will not > allow Ctrl D. I can log in as root but the system is not really > their. For example doing a ls at this point provides no listing. > > Can you help me by first letting me know if distribution > constructor is the right tool to be using (for Solaris we use a > flash image of the installed system). If this is the right tool > what am I doing wrong in setting up the manifest file. Are there > intermediate steps that need to be done instead of running all the > way through the entire process. > > Thanks for your help > > Bruce > > > <!-- > CDDL HEADER START > > The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the > Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). > You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE > or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. > See the License for the specific language governing permissions > and limitations under the License. > > When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each > file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. > If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the > fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying > information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] > > CDDL HEADER END > > Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. > Use is subject to license terms. > > XML specification for building the limited language OpenSolaris > live CD iso and usb image > --> > > <distribution name="OpenSolaris"> > <distro_constr_params> > <distro_constr_flags> > <!-- Controls whether the DC should stop > if there is an error when the DC is running > --> > <stop_on_error>true</stop_on_error> > <!-- You can specify the step to resume the > build from here with the resume_from > attribute field of checkpoint_enable. > This value will be overridden by > the command line if the -r flag is used. > Valid values are step > numbers or name --> > <checkpoint_enable> > <!-- true implies Checkpointing is enabled --> > true > </checkpoint_enable> > </distro_constr_flags> > <!-- The preferred authority to install packages into the > pkg_image area from. > The default url is: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release > The default authname is opensolaris.org --> > <pkg_repo_default_authority> > <main > url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release"; > authname="opensolaris.org"/> > <!-- If you want to use one or more mirrors that are > setup for the authority, specify the urls here. --> > <!-- Uncomment before using > <mirror url="" /> > --> > </pkg_repo_default_authority> > <!-- Any additional non-preferred authorities to pull packages > from should be specified here. Multiple additional > authorities may be specified. > If you want to use one or more mirrors that are > setup for the authority, specify the urls here. --> > <!-- Uncomment before using. > <pkg_repo_addl_authority> > <main > url="" > authname=""/> > <mirror url="" /> > </pkg_repo_addl_authority> > --> > <!-- The default preferred authority to be used by the system > after it has been installed. > The default url is: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release > The default authname is opensolaris.org > If you want to use one or more mirrors that are > setup for the authority, specify the urls here. --> > <post_install_repo_default_authority> > <main > url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release"; > authname="opensolaris.org"/> > <!-- Uncomment before using. > <mirror url="" /> > --> > </post_install_repo_default_authority> > <!-- Any additional non-preferred authorities to use after the > system has been installed. Multiple additional authorities > may be specified. > If you want to use one or more mirrors that are > setup for the authority, specify the urls here. --> > <!-- Uncomment before using. > <post_install_repo_addl_authority> > <main > url="" > authname=""/> > <mirror url="" /> > </post_install_repo_addl_authority> > --> > </distro_constr_params> > <img_params> > <!-- list of packages used to form the installed image --> > <packages> > <!-- Due to dependency issues, SUNWcsd and SUNWcs > must be listed first in the package list, > and SUNWcsd must preceed SUNWcs --> > <pkg name="SUNWcsd"/> > <pkg name="SUNWcs"/> > <pkg name="slim_install"/> > <pkg name="SUNWslim-utils"/> > <pkg name="entire"/> > <pkg name="sunstudioexpress"/> > <pkg name="clustertools_8.1"/> > </packages> > <!-- Packages to be removed from the pkg_image area before > bootroot construction --> > <post_install_remove_packages> > <pkg name="slim_install"/> > </post_install_remove_packages> > <!-- Indicate whether the IPS index should be > generated for > pkg install and uninstall. The default is to not > generate the IPS search index --> > <generate_ips_search_index> > false > </generate_ips_search_index> > <!-- Files and dirs to be included in the bootroot of all media > delivered by this distribution. Bootroot contains the > minimal list of contents in order to be able to > boot and setup a running system. These files and dirs > must exist in the pkg_image area. --> > <bootroot_contents> > <base_include type="file">usr/sbin/pmadm</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/lofiadm</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/devfsadm</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/modload</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/i86/modload</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/sbin/mount</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/hostconfig</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/sbin/chroot</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/sbin/syslogd</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/coreadm</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/bash</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/ksh</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/cat</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/echo</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/false</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/grep</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/ls</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/rm</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/svcprop</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/true</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/cd</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/test</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/sleep</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/bin/expr</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/hsfs/fstyp</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/hsfs/fstyp.so.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/hsfs/mount</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/ufs/fstyp</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/ufs/fstyp.so.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/fs/ufs/mount</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libfstyp.so.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/platexec</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/devfsadm/devfsadmd</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libm.so.2</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/lib/libm.so</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libfstyp.so</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/lib/libz.so</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libz.so.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/bin/i86/ksh93</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/lib/isaexec</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libast.so.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">usr/lib/libshell.so.1</base_include> > <base_include type="file">usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/ > service_bundle.dtd.1</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/sadm/install/admin/default</ > base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/sadm/system/admin/default_java</ > base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/sadm/install/contents</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/adm/utmpx</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/adm/wtmpx</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/adm/aculog</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/lib/postrun/postrun-runq</ > base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/lib/postrun/postrun</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/log/postrun.log</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/log/authlog</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/log/syslog</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/saf/zsmon/log</base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/spool/cron/crontabs/adm</ > base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/spool/cron/crontabs/root</ > base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/nis/NIS+LDAPmapping.template</ > base_include> > <base_include type="file">var/yp/aliases</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/yp/nicknames</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">kernel</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">boot</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">platform</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">system</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">lib</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">sbin</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">dev</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">devices</base_include> > <base_include > type="dir">usr/lib/devfsadm/linkmod</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">root</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">jack</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">var/svc/manifest</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">var/svc/profile</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">var/pkg/catalog</base_include> > <base_include > type="file">var/pkg/cfg_cache</base_include> > <base_include type="dir">etc</base_include> > <base_exclude type="dir">etc/gconf</base_exclude> > <base_exclude type="dir">etc/brltty</base_exclude> > <base_exclude type="dir">etc/gtk-2.0</base_exclude> > <base_exclude type="dir">etc/notices</base_exclude> > <base_include > type="dir">export/home/hpcuser</base_include> > </bootroot_contents> > <!-- If/how to compress the live image. > type = compression algorith to use for pkg.zlib and > misc.xlib. > Valid types are lzma, gzip, and none. --> > <live_img_compression type="lzma"/> > <!-- Where to build. This can be a zfs dataset or a mountpoint. > The area will be created if it doesn't exist. If the > build_area > is not a zfs dataset or mountpoint, checkpointing will > not > be enabled. > --> > <build_area>hpc_build/dc</build_area> > <!-- Grub menu modifications. Will use menu.lst if not specified > --> > <grub_menu_modifications> > <entry> > <title_suffix>with magnifier</title_suffix> > <line>kernel$ > /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B > assistive_tech=magnifier</line> > <line>module /boot/x86.microroot</line> > </entry> > <entry> > <title_suffix>with screen reader</title_suffix> > <line>kernel$ > /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B > assistive_tech=reader</line> > <line>module /boot/x86.microroot</line> > </entry> > </grub_menu_modifications> > <output_image> > <!-- List of finalizer scripts to be run. They are used > to customize the image and will be run in the > order listed. The name of the checkpoint to > be created when this script is run is required. > The checkpoint message is displayed when the > step is run and is optional. > There are 5 standard arguments that are passed > to > every finalizer script (manifest socket, > pkg_image path, > tmp dir, bootroot build area, media dir). You > may also > specify additional arguments (arg6+) in the > argslist. > This argslist is a whitespace-separated list of > double > quoted strings. --> > <finalizer> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/pre_bootroot_pkg_image_mod"> > <checkpoint > name="im-mod" > message="Image area > modifications"/> > </script> > <script name="/usr/share/distro_const/slim_cd/ > slimcd_pre_bootroot_pkg_image_mod"> > <checkpoint > name="slim-im-mod" > message="Slim CD Image area > Modifications"/> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/bootroot_initialize.py"> > <checkpoint > name="br-init" > message="Boot root > initialization"/> > </script> > <script name="/usr/share/distro_const/slim_cd/ > slimcd_bootroot_configure"> > <checkpoint > name="slim-br-config" > message="Slim CD boot root > configuration"/> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/bootroot_configure"> > <checkpoint > name="br-config" > message="Boot root > configuration"/> > <argslist> > > "/usr/share/distro_const/slim_cd/slimcd_generic_live.xml" > ".livecd" > </argslist> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/bootroot_archive.py"> > <checkpoint > name="br-arch" > message="Boot root archiving"/> > </script> > <script name="/usr/share/distro_const/slim_cd/ > slimcd_post_bootroot_pkg_image_mod"> > <checkpoint > name="slim-post-mod" > message="Slim CD post bootroot > image area modification"/> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/grub_setup.py"> > <checkpoint > name="grub-setup" > message="Grub menu setup"/> > </script> > <script name="/usr/share/distro_const/ > post_bootroot_pkg_image_mod"> > <checkpoint > name="post-mod" > message="Post bootroot image > area modification"/> > <argslist> > "usr_zlib_compression=gzip" > </argslist> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/create_iso"> > <checkpoint > name="iso" > message="ISO image creation"/> > </script> > <script > name="/usr/share/distro_const/create_usb"> > <checkpoint > name="usb" > message="USB image creation"/> > </script> > </finalizer> > <bootroot> > <!-- If/how to compress the bootroot. Valid > types are gzip and none --> > <compression type="gzip" level="9"/> > </bootroot> > </output_image> > </img_params> > <key_value_pairs> > <pair key="iso_sort" > value="/usr/share/distro_const/slim_cd/slimcd_iso.sort"/> > </key_value_pairs> > </distribution> >
