My problem is that slitaz in exe form will refuse to see the usb, even though i followed the steps.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 7:04 PM Daryl Kuchay <[email protected]> wrote: > Odd issue that I cannot validate on forums. I built one iso and saw ways > to improve upon testing. No gui yet on geode hardware. X -config failed. > Rebooted and tried vesa driver over geode and saw slim start up but logins > of tux and root did not take. > > 2nd iso. Built fine.... well despite one syslinux error but it tested > okay. It booted but... When building ISO I added a few more packages like > acpid since button presses resulted in 7 lines worth of error. I see in > init that acpi is associating better but upon getting a prompt I can not > log in. Last few lines of init I saw was something about not being able to > load password database. Gave VM 8gb ram and 28gb of storage and 2 cpu > cores. I’m starting to think building in VM not optimal. Tried to install > virtualbox guest additions but they failed to insert as module. Have a > feeling I will need to start over on 4.0 but hoping a quick fix is > available?? > > At this point I’ll start on 5.0 knowing I need to copy in older > syslinux..... > > Hey when I made last Iso in virtualbox there was an isolinux error about > not being able to see the true path of /media/usbflash/ ... wondering if > that may have led me in to not being able to log in or shadowdb not loading > somehow? > > Only thing I changed was that I made custom flavor away from “core” and > called it “WebDT”... don’t remember unpacking it either.... I think I > have some things to try but I will wait for proper suggestion. Alas onward > to 5.0. This is fun! > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 30, 2020, at 5:46 PM, Daryl Kuchay <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I started on Linux 20 years ago with Suse 7.4. Slitaz is AMAZING! and > causing me to feel younger. Just flashed my custom iso to usb and I have > never seen something move so fast on target hardware (geode-gx2). Gui not > working yet and I have lots to do but I have to say, I cant imagine how > much work this is on the back end. Thank you to all who contribute!!!!! > > > > If I needed a custom xorg.conf is there a way to preload it? > > > > Erjo, may I ask for one layer more detail on setting up boot in a way > that supports rewriting rootfs? I see the logic but unsure where to apply? > > > > Phoenix, I apologize if it seems that I am talking over your request. > Please do indicate your problems. I am new to slitaz but possibly someone > on cc can help? > > > > DarylK > > > >> On Apr 30, 2020, at 5:10 PM, Eric Joseph-Alexandre <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Le jeudi 30 avril 2020 à 12:22 -0400, Daryl Kuchay a écrit : > >>> Erjo, > >> Hi, > >> > >>> > >>> Very cool! Thank you again! > >>> > >>> Using tazlito and just spun my first gen-distro.... > >>> It finished with a message about not having isolinux binary. I added > >>> syslinux-3.82 to the package list but see from message that its not > >>> in the v4.0 package set. > >>> > >>> Would my workaround for this be to download the package manually and > >>> place it within ~/4.0/packages directory? > >>> > >> Yes it will. > >> > >>> Assuming I would do this with anything needed here including kernel? > >> > >> Yes we can :) > >> > >>> from within kernel build directory “make tazpkg”... I recompiled last > >>> night but want to test before finalizing config. > >>> > >>> Oh #@! yes I see conversion tools within tazpkg this is also worth > >>> celebrating. > >>> > >>> Conversions will make short work of my extras for TS calibration. > >>> > >>> Would it be recommendable to change the flavor away from “core” if I > >>> am adding things that would not be in standard core offering? Adding > >>> xinput_calibrator, inputattach and a few others. > >>> > >>> Thank you again! > >> That's fun to play with SliTaz again :) > >> > >> +Erjo > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 11:17 AM, SLITAZ - Erjo <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Le jeudi 30 avril 2020 à 09:05 -0400, Daryl Kuchay a écrit : > >>>>> Thank you! > >>>> Your welcome :) > >>>> > >>>>> Also was able to get v4 into VM last night. > >>>>> > >>>>> Within V4, I see grub-0.9x in packages and I may be able to use > >>>>> that. > >>>>> Just font know if Slitaz is meant to start from grub only when > >>>>> installed in non frugal mode? I want to transfer the usb stick > >>>>> contents to the internal 500mb hdd and setup boot there. > >>>>> > >>>> No. You can use rootfs.gz as an initrd fs ( > >>>> http://doc.slitaz.org/fr:handbook:liveusb?s[]=grub) > >>>> > >>>> # /boot/grub/menu.lst: GRUB boot loader configuration. > >>>> # > >>>> > >>>> # Change the colors. > >>>> color yellow/brown light-green/black > >>>> > >>>> # For booting SliTaz from a cdrom or USB media (LiveRAM). > >>>> # > >>>> title SliTaz GNU/Linux (Cooking) (Kernel 2.6.22.9) > >>>> kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/null vga=771 home=usb > >>>> initrd /boot/rootfs.gz > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> I can usb these files in if needed. Ill try to gen-distro on both > >>>>> platforms once I get my packages into vm and get my lists > >>>>> organized. > >>>>> Thank you for the tip! > >>>> > >>>> I would prefer using tazusb with writefs option. And replace the > >>>> old > >>>> rootfs.gz files by the new one. > >>>> > >>>> writefs $(_ 'Write the current filesystem to rootfs.gz. > >>>> Supported compression: lzma, gzip, none.') > >>>> > >>>> You can even modify syslinux.cfg to boot on both old and new > >>>> rootfs. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> +Erjo > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> SliTaz GNU/Linux Mailing list - http://www.slitaz.org/ > >>>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> SliTaz GNU/Linux Mailing list - http://www.slitaz.org/ > >> > > -- > SliTaz GNU/Linux Mailing list - http://www.slitaz.org/ > > -- From, Warrick
