On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 23:34 +0100, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > Am Dienstag, 9. November 2010, 23:09:52 schrieb davidMbrooke: > > On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 22:39 +0100, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, 9. November 2010, 22:08:10 schrieb davidMbrooke: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am just fixing up buildimage.pl to cope with multiple kernel > > > > variants. (Actually the script is fixed but not in CVS yet; I am still > > > > working on the accompanying configuration files.) > > > > > > > > With BuC 3.x and earlier, one of the supported configurations was a > > > > CD-ROM for the "static" files and a floppy disk only for the modified > > > > configuration (confifdb.lrp and moddb.lrp). This is still *just about* > > > > workable provided moddb.lrp is kept small. > > > > > > > > For this configuration, PKGPATH needs to be set to something like: > > > > /dev/fd0:vfat,/dev/sr0:iso9660 > > > > > > > > (note "vfat" rather than "msdos" on a 2.6 Kernel, I think) > > > > This seems to work OK. > > > > > > > > It seems reasonable to have LEAFCFG adopt the same approach (so that > > > > leaf.cfg can be modified on the floppy disk), and some of the template > > > > config files (tools/iso/syslinux.ser) show this same format for the > > > > LEAFCFG variable, but it does not work (for me). Does anyone know if > > > > this worked with 3.x? > > > > > > > > My reading of source/initrd/root.linuxrc is that it handles > > > > device:fstype but *not* device1:fstype1,device2:fstype2 for LEAFCFG. > > > > > > > > It would not be hard to fix but I am wondering whether to bother. Will > > > > anyone actually use a floppy disk for 4.x? (Then again, what use is a > > > > CD-ROM if you cannot save the modified configuration?) > > > > > > David; > > > > > > sorry I had long exhaustive day at work and so I'm a bit slow... > > > > > > I've read you're mail three times and I'm not shure I understand. > > > > > > Do you ask how to make use of a leaf.cfg with a CDROM and a floppy to > > > store the configuration? > > > The path to leaf.cfg is set by the kernel command line in syslinux.cfg. > > > see > > > http://leaf.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/leaf/src/bering- > > > uclibc/buildtool/tools/image/iso/syslinux.cfg?revision=1.6&view=markup > > > > > > kp > > > > Hi kp. Thanks for your response. Sorry that I did not make myself clear. > > not your fault :) > > > I think I understand how CD-ROM + Floppy is meant to work, but I cannot > > see any logic in root.linuxrc which will handle a LEAFCFG of the form > > "/dev/fd0:vfat,/dev/sr0:iso9660" > > Where do you see that? I don't think that's needed... > > > When I try that I get a boot error. When I try simply "/dev/sr0:iso9660" > > it works OK. > > What if you choose "/dev/fd0:vfat"? In Bering-uClibc3 leaf.cfg was declared > in > syslinux.cfg to be on the floppy (/dev/fd0:msdos). > > > I can see how to fix it but I do not know whether it is worth the > > effort, if nobody will actually use the CD-ROM + Floppy configuration... > > Using a floppy with CD-ROM is necessary to save configdb, moddb.lrp (as you > said) and to use a modifiable leaf.cfg on the floppy disk. > So that's the most common usage. > > kp
In the end I decided the "right" thing to do was to change root.linuxrc to have the LEAFCFG processing match the PKGPATH processing. There is therefore a modified root.linuxrc in the "initrd" package in CVS. I realize how important root.linuxrc is so I tested on pure CD-ROM, on CR-ROM + Floppy Disk and on a syslinux (CF) "hard drive". All works OK, at least for me :-) dMb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
