Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-20 Thread David Douthitt
Jorn Eriksen wrote: Investigatet that a little bit. Altough it's a good idea it would require different versions for different OS/*nix variants and as much explanations as a simple image. With my limited knowlegde of this type of script, the saving would be in the "creation" process and not nec

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-20 Thread Jorn Eriksen
me deeper knowlege that can enlighten me more? Best regards Jørn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Douthitt Sent: 5. april 2006 21:33 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: >

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-13 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Hi Jorn; any success building a new image? kp Am Montag, 3. April 2006 20:48 schrieb KP Kirchdoerfer: > Jorn; > > Am Montag, 3. April 2006 20:41 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > > KP & All, > > > > >>Did you format from  Windows? > > > > Nop - Debian Sarge 2.6 kernel with msdos,fat & vfat modules loaded

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-05 Thread David Douthitt
KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: We currently have three ideas how to provide an USB image: Here's another idea for you all: 3) a "pendrive-script", which creates a bootable USB stick by using the ISO image and some modifications for USB - nothing to test yet, but maybe soon. (I like to add vfat or ex

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-03 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Jorn; Am Montag, 3. April 2006 20:41 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > KP & All, > > >>Did you format from  Windows? > > Nop - Debian Sarge 2.6 kernel with msdos,fat & vfat modules loaded > > I guess it got to late yesterday.  Looking trough my notes I saw that I > forgott to format it with mkfs.vfat > mkdi

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-03 Thread Jorn Eriksen
then. I guess the reformat will take care of the umbunto issue as well. Best regards Jørn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of KP Kirchdoerfer Sent: 3. april 2006 18:44 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-03 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Jorn; Am Sonntag, 2. April 2006 23:27 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > KP & All, > > >>A default leaf.cfg like in the floppy images would be nice. > >>Eric pointed to the modules problem (they are truncated in the latest > > image). > I've taken the leaf.cfg from the floppy and converted to the stick image

[leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread Jorn Eriksen
All, I have pack the contect of the partition (i.e what's in the file system) on the stick to a gzip'ed tarball. If anyone would like to test that option, let me know and I'll upload that file as well. Best regards Jørn --- This SF.Net email

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread Jorn Eriksen
oerfer Sent: 2. april 2006 18:28 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image Am Sonntag, 2. April 2006 14:36 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > Hello all; > > >>We currently have three ideas how to provide an USB image: > >>1) a complete image whic

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread Jorn Eriksen
L PROTECTED] Cc: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image Hello Jorn, > Hello all; > > > >>> We currently have three ideas how to provide an USB image: >>> 1) a complete image which can be dd'ed to /dev/sda and is ready to >>> boot;

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Am Sonntag, 2. April 2006 14:36 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > Hello all; > > >>We currently have three ideas how to provide an USB image: > >>1) a complete image which can be dd'ed to /dev/sda and is ready to boot; > >>this is what Jorn, Eric and Andrea tried to build and provided for > > testing. > As f

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello Jorn, > Hello all; > > > >>> We currently have three ideas how to provide an USB image: >>> 1) a complete image which can be dd'ed to /dev/sda and is ready to >>> boot; this is what Jorn, Eric and Andrea tried to build and provided >>> for > testing. As far as I can see - my image is ready f

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-02 Thread Jorn Eriksen
s could be used as a "base" for thus using the loopback image model. Best regards Jørn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of KP Kirchdoerfer Sent: 1. april 2006 18:03 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-01 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Moin Moin; Am Mittwoch, 29. März 2006 02:22 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > Hello Everyone, > > Some more results from testing of USB Sticks. > > Looking at the physical properties on the USB sticks it seams we are in for > some fun.  It seams to me that they all have different physical attributes. > I te

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-04-01 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Moin Moin; Am Mittwoch, 29. März 2006 02:22 schrieb Jorn Eriksen: > Hello Everyone, > > Some more results from testing of USB Sticks. > > Looking at the physical properties on the USB sticks it seams we are in for > some fun. It seams to me that they all have different physical attributes. > I te

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-29 Thread Natanael Copa
Jorn Eriksen wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Some more results from testing of USB Sticks. > > Looking at the physical properties on the USB sticks it seams we are in for > some fun. It seams to me that they all have different physical attributes. > I tested with some other ones as well including t

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-29 Thread KP Kirchdoerfer
Hi; first my Bios is an Award bios... I tested all three available images with mixed results. Am Dienstag, 28. März 2006 22:39 schrieb Mike Noyes: > All testers, > How well are the submitted usb flash drive images working? > > http://www.ccl-network.com/leaf/stick.img.gz Downloaded tod

[leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-28 Thread Jorn Eriksen
Hello Everyone, Some more results from testing of USB Sticks. Looking at the physical properties on the USB sticks it seams we are in for some fun. It seams to me that they all have different physical attributes. I tested with some other ones as well including the brand new 256mb stick. All had

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-28 Thread Jorn Eriksen
to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Noyes Sent: 28. mars 2006 22:39 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 10:36, Eric Spakman wrote: > Using David's tip I also created an usb image, this is just a small one > for testing it o

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-28 Thread Mike Noyes
On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 10:36, Eric Spakman wrote: > Using David's tip I also created an usb image, this is just a small one > for testing it only contains the packages also available on floppy. > The image will show up in a few hours (when viewCVS is updated) at: > http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcv

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-27 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello all, Using David's tip I also created an usb image, this is just a small one for testing it only contains the packages also available on floppy. There was a small error in the dd command, with a blocksize of 1024k it would create an image of 20Gbyte :-) The blocksize should be 1k. The imag

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-27 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello David, Thanks for the help! I will try your suggestion and also create an image. Eric > To answer Eric's question, here's Andrea's tips "adjusted" slightly: > > > Andrea Fino wrote: > >> I did a working usb this way: >> >> >> 1) build the env with buildroot, so I got the lrp in packages >>

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-27 Thread David Douthitt
To answer Eric's question, here's Andrea's tips "adjusted" slightly: Andrea Fino wrote: I did a working usb this way: 1) build the env with buildroot, so I got the lrp in packages 2) these commands: mkdosfs /dev/sde1 mount /dev/sde1 /mnt cd /root/packages cp -pr * /mnt umount /mnt syslinux /d

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-27 Thread David Douthitt
Eric Spakman wrote: The same question to you, do you know a way to create an image without using a physical USB stick? Should be easy, right? Just replace "/dev/usb/#" with "/home/myhome/usbfile". Under UNIX, devices look just like files to the programs involved. Thus, you should be ab

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-27 Thread David Douthitt
Natanael Copa wrote: (firefox tried to display the binary and since link didnt work it isn't possible to right-click -> "save as") You could let Firefox "display" it, then select "Save As..." and save the "page" and it would be fine... Just a matter of one wants to wait for Firefox to "downl

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-26 Thread Eric Spakman
-- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Noyes > Sent: 23. mars 2006 18:10 > To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image > > > > On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 07:44, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > >> This is really no

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-25 Thread Andrea Fino
Hi, I did a working usb this way: 1) build the env with buildroot, so I got the lrp in packages 2) these commands: mkdosfs /dev/sde1 mount /dev/sde1 /mnt cd /root/packages cp -pr * /mnt umount /mnt syslinux /dev/sde1 3) syslinux.cfg: PKGPATH=/dev/sda1:msdos and so LEAFCFG put initrd_usb.lrp

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-25 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Noyes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 02:31, Jorn Eriksen wrote: >> I have Gzip'ed the image and it now take around 20Mb. Is there a place >> where I can upload it so that more people can test? > > Charles, > Do you have available space for this

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 09:06, Jørn Eriksen wrote: > The typo is fixed now! Hopefully it has not caused to much trouble. Jørn, Thanks for taking the time to correct the issue. I hope testing provides a workable image. :-) -- Mike Noyes http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: leaf,

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Jørn Eriksen
Mike & All, The typo is fixed now! Hopefully it has not caused to much trouble. Best regards Jørn - > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:24, Luis.F.Correia wrote: >> I wanted to give it a got, but... >> >> The requested URL /leaf/stcik.img.gz was not found on this server.

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Mike Noyes
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 07:24, Luis.F.Correia wrote: > I wanted to give it a got, but... > > The requested URL /leaf/stcik.img.gz was not found on this server. Luis, I just got that also. Jorn, Do you know what the issue is? -- Mike Noyes http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: l

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Natanael Copa
Luis.F.Correia wrote: > Hi! > >> -Original Message- >> From: Mike Noyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:13 PM >> To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image >> >>

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Jørn Eriksen
ginal Message- >> From: Mike Noyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:13 PM >> To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image >> >> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 15:25, Jorn Eriksen wrote: >> > Here&

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Luis.F.Correia
Hi! > -Original Message- > From: Mike Noyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:13 PM > To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image > > On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 15:25, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > > Here&#

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-24 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 15:25, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > Here's the URL > http://www.ccl-network.com/leaf/ Everyone, Has anyone else had a chance to try Jorn's usb flash drive image yet? -- Mike Noyes http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: leaf, phpwebsite, phpwebsite-comm, sitedocs

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Jorn Eriksen
Mike & All, Here's the URL http://www.ccl-network.com/leaf/ Best regards Jørn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Noyes Sent: 23. mars 2006 18:10 To: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 07:44, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > This is really no big issue - I can just place it on one of my servers and > give you guys a link. I asked because I thought that it was,sort of > anyways, smart to have it on the leaf site.. Jorn, The other option, if KP thinks the image is read

[leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Jorn Eriksen
l Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Noyes Sent: 23. mars 2006 16:08 To: Charles Steinkuehler Cc: leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 02:31, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > I have Gzip'ed the image and i

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Mike Noyes
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 02:31, Jorn Eriksen wrote: > I have Gzip'ed the image and it now take around 20Mb. Is there a place > where I can upload it so that more people can test? Charles, Do you have available space for this image on leaf.steinkuehler.net? Note: SF still hasn't made the pro

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello Jorn, > Eric & All, > > >>> I don't know what happens if you backup >>> initrd (if initrd_usb.lrp or initrd.lrp is back-upped). Didn't you >>> change leaf.cfg and can you still backup packages to the usb-stick? > Good point. Did not test that. Had a look just now, and in the Backup > menu,

RE: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Jorn Eriksen
l@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image Hello Jorn, Thanks for given it a go! > >>> -copy the packages to the stick (replace initrd.lrp with >>> initrd_usb.lrp and rename it to initrd.lrp) -Change leaf.cfg and >>> syslinux.cfg to use t

Re: [leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Eric Spakman
Hello Jorn, Thanks for given it a go! > >>> -copy the packages to the stick (replace initrd.lrp with >>> initrd_usb.lrp and rename it to initrd.lrp) -Change leaf.cfg and >>> syslinux.cfg to use the correct boot device > Used the ISO image as a base - just changed the syslinux.cfg file to > point

[leaf-devel] Flash Stick Image

2006-03-23 Thread Jorn Eriksen
Hello Everyone, I gave it a go, and here's my "report": >> -Fdisk the stick and set the bootable flag All three sticks had the flag set allready - thus did not need do this. >> -Format it No need - was allready formated - went along with what was allready on the sticks. >> -Installed syslinux o