Sean, By the way, have you seen the error message that System Configurator produces at the end of an install?
"Use of uninitialized value in print at /usr/lib/systemconfig/Network/Interfaces.pm line 105" -Brian On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:11, Sean Dague wrote: > Excellent! > > A couple of things. I was trying to build systemimager 2.1.x tree on my > workstation (Mandrake 8.2). The following went arry. > > 1) 'make docs' blows up. I can send in more errors if you like. (It is > basically the same sgml convertion errors we got in the past.) > > 2) when I try to do 'make initrd.gz' and it builds the kernel, it hangs. It > appears that the config file in CVS is not the latest and greatest, so 'make > oldconfig' is hanging waiting for standard in on some new options. Any > chance this just didn't get checked in? > > Issue 1 would be nice to resolve, though issue 2 is far more critical. > Looking forward to banging away at the new code. > > -Sean > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 02:55:19PM -0500, Brian Finley wrote: > > A couple of important additions: > > * Gigabit Ethernet support on auto-install clients. > > * Many additional features in BOEL, including a "vi" editor and > > filename completion. > > * syslogd > > * Auto-install clients can send their syslog messages to the > > image server, or to a separate logging server. > > > > Cheers, -Brian > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 10:29, Brian Finley wrote: > > > Greetings and salutations, > > > > > > This is an update of the current status of the SystemImager development > > > code. The following are some of the key features or modifications that > > > will be included in the next stable release(1). > > > > > > Current status of code to be included in next stable release: > > > * Modular kernel > > > * SCSI, file system, other drivers compiled as modules. > > > * Network drivers compiled in statically. > > > * Many more network drivers compiled in. > > > * "Module only" drivers can be used, including network > > > drivers. > > > * Allows a "complete" kernel to be provided with > > > SystemImager > > > * Makes it possible to add support for additional file > > > systems much more easily. > > > * Hardware auto-detection > > > * Necessary modules are automatically loaded. > > > * devfs is used > > > * Eliminates the need to keep up with device files for new > > > block devices as they get added (Hardware RAID controllers > > > for example). > > > * Building of initrd.gz from source code happens faster. > > > * tmpfs > > > * BOEL(2) now uses tmpfs as it's root file system. > > > * Size constraint of files that can be copied to the in > > > memory file system on auto-install clients is effectively > > > eliminated. See > > > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt for > > > details. > > > * boel_binaries tarball > > > * A single tarball of additional binaries (that don't fit on > > > the auto-install media) is now pulled over to auto-install > > > clients once network connectivity is achieved. > > > * This tarball contains additional kernel modules and other > > > binaries, such as mke2fs, mkraid, mkreiserfs, and their > > > shared libraries. > > > * HP Smart Array 5xxx series > > > * Support for the HP Smart Array 5xxx series of hardware > > > RAID controllers has been added. These devices use > > > /dev/cciss/* device files. > > > * Other HP Smart Array controllers > > > * Support for HP Smart Array controllers that use /dev/ida/* > > > device files has been added. > > > * IA64 > > > * IA64 support has been added. > > > * GPT (GUID Partition Table) support has been added. > > > * Build environment > > > * The entire SystemImager package can be built on any > > > distribution. It is no longer limited to a hand modified > > > version of a specific Debian release. > > > * Debian rocks, and I will continue to use it as *my* > > > development environment, but this will make it much easier > > > for packaging into other distributions, and for > > > maintaining past releases. > > > > > > Additional features in progress: > > > * Dynamic Partitioning support > > > * Giving users the ability to specify percentages or > > > megabytes for partition schemes. > > > * Easily change file system types used by an image. This > > > will an image pulled from a golden client using ext2 to be > > > deployed on a machine as reiserfs, for example. > > > * Easily change destination disks. This will allow an image > > > pulled from a machine with IDE disks to be installed on a > > > machine with SCSI disks. > > > * A single image can me used across machines using different > > > drive types and different file system types. > > > * Netboot control > > > * The ability to control which PXE enabled machines boot > > > from the network, and when they boot. This will give the > > > system administrator control over network booting so that > > > a machine can be made to boot from the network for an > > > auto-install, but not boot from the network after > > > completing the install. > > > > > > Certainly it's not possible to include all improvements here, but as you > > > can see, there have been quite a few. Many of them are structural > > > changes that will significantly improve our ability to add support to > > > SystemImager for new file systems, hardware, and architectures. > > > > > > And of course you will see a number of bug fixes. The 2.0.x series > > > happened to be a particularly buggy series. I'm afraid that this was > > > partially due to my limited involvement due to lack of funding at the > > > time. Funding levels have increased, and I'm anticipating this next > > > release to be a very stable release. > > > > > > If you have other features or modifications that you would like to see, > > > please submit a feature request (http://systemimager.org/support/) or > > > contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to commission development. If a > > > feature you are interested in is already listed, please add a "ME TOO!" > > > comment as a logged in SourceForge user. This will help me determine > > > demand for certain features. > > > > > > Finally, I would expect you're wondering when this release will happen > > > and what it will be called. I am hoping to make this release prior to > > > September, and currently have it slated to be called "3.0.0". There > > > have been enough architectural changes that I believe the changing of > > > the first digit is warranted. > > > > > > Notes: > > > > > > 1. All of this is subject to change prior to release. > > > 2. BOEL is Brian's Own Embedded Linux. It is the embedded Linux > > > used to auto-install clients. > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this message on to other lists, or groups > > > that use SystemImager and System Installation Suite (SIS). > > > > > > Cheers, -Brian > > > > > > > > > -- > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > Brian Elliott Finley http://baldguysoftware.com/ > > > phone: 214.280.8188 http://systemimager.org/ > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Brian Elliott Finley http://baldguysoftware.com/ > > phone: 214.280.8188 http://systemimager.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > No, I will not fix your computer. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Sisuite-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel > > -- > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Sean Dague [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dague.net > > There is no silver bullet. 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