livecd January 2006

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Re: Fedora-livecd-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 22
by Filip Tsachev 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Hello, So did you build a fully working FC5t2 liveCD? I really wish to do that too, just have to upgrade tonight from FC4... and play around with create repo.. Can I contribute to FC5 Live cd testing? We can talk more @freenode.. > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:24:35 -0600 > From: "J. Hartline" <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> <snip> > I'm doing some work with FC5t2 and Kadischi and I have managed to build > an ISO. what means rootpath mode? > Currently rootpath mode still takes you to a partitioning menu and is > not sufficient. Cheers, Filip

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newbie question: FC3 and kadischi error
by Eric White 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

I've applied the kadischi python patches (anaconda, etc) successfully, or at least there were no errors reported: 1) I've got a current, rsync'ed FC3 repository. 2) I made a bunch of softlinks from my repository to a Kadischi working directory and then trimmed those softlinks down to the minimum set of packages I wanted, 3) I then did the genhdlist, pkgorder, genhdlist jig. 4) I modified my comps.xml to match the files I have in my kadischi working directory. (btw, I'm working on an embryonic XSL file that treats the comps.xml file as ground truth and creates the soft-links and generates a shell script to run the rest of the build.... I think this could be a good way of treating comps.xml as the origin of the distro contents. I hope to post this once it's not embarrassingly incomplete). 5) I have a minimal ks start (derived from a previous kickstart I had (for an installation CD) and the minimal ks file provided in the Kadischi installation, 6) I run Kadischi and get: [root@casablanca interim]# ../../tools/kadischi/kadischi -C -- kickstart=../build/iongate-ks.cfg `pwd` `pwd`/test.iso Starting kadischi... Parsing command line arguments Checking UID Using buildstamp file /etc/kadischi/buildstamp. Product path set to Fedora. Now we are going to try to validate your repository (for now, only http, ftp and local repositories can be checked) Path /home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim exists. OK Path /home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim/Fedora exists. OK Path /home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim/Fedora/base exists. OK Path /home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim/Fedora/RPMS exists. OK Repository seems to be OK. Checking required packages Looking for config file Loadnig config file options Path /tmp/product/.buildstamp already exists, temporarly moving to /tmp/livecd-build_no10/.buildstamp *** running anaconda *** * Display mode = c * Method = nfs://home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim Probing for video card: VESA driver (generic) Probing for monitor type: TPVa995 Probing for mouse type: Skipped mouse probe. * anaconda floppy device fd0 * Running kickstart %pre script(s) * All kickstart %pre script(s) have been run * moving (1) to step networkdevicecheck * moving (1) to step readcomps Reading package information... * Using file:///home/ewhite/src/rnsa/interim/Fedora/base/comps.xml * moving (1) to step selectlangpackages * moving (1) to step checkdeps Checking dependencies in packages selected for installation... * moving (1) to step install * moving (1) to step enablefilesystems * moving (1) to step migratefilesystems * moving (1) to step setuptime * moving (1) to step preinstallconfig * No pcic controller detected * Unable to copy comps package * moving (1) to step installpackages * setting file_context_path to /etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts Preparing RPM transaction... In progress... Completed * WARNING: not all packages in hdlist had order tag Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/ewhite/src/tools/kadischi/kadischi.py", line 224, in ? run ("anaconda %s --rootpath=%s --method=%s --livecd" % (anaconda_args, sysdir, method), builddir) File "/home/ewhite/src/tools/kadischi/lib/functions.py", line 112, in run flc_log ('\n *** Fatal error: %s returned non zero (%s) exit code. Aborting execution.\n' % (command.rsplit() [0], rc))AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'rsplit' Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Kadischi Development Pages (wiki)
by J. Hartline 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Hi. Here http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Development there is a 07conf. I think there are plans to modify firstboot however, is it possible we use some sort of interface with 07conf, like add in flexibility by using variables, and reading STDIN for user input or say have a set scale of choices. I don't think the majority of Kadischi users will know what to do with it! Perhaps it belongs in a contributions page more than the Development page? ;-) However temporary or permanent it may be it is hardly flexible I think. I'm doing some work with FC5t2 and Kadischi and I have managed to build an ISO. Currently rootpath mode still takes you to a partitioning menu and is not sufficient. What I think is that until we get more people interested in it, we should have some sort of makeshift configuration available. Maybe in a week I'll start working on putting a face to that script, though changing a few things within it. Thanks. J. Hartline

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Proposed IRC meeting
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Let's get together on IRC again! I propose the following time/date: Next Wednesday, 14:00 GMT (9am Eastern US) If I get six +1 votes, we'll get together on IRC. :) --g --------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Foundation || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Kadischi: installation problem
by Thierry Jules 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

I intended to upgrade to Fedora 4 in the weekend but was unable due to installation media being faulty. However I tried to install the prerequisites of kadischi manually but it ended up with error messages concerning unmet modules dependencies for anaconda.. Im trying to setup the modem of my portable to download Kadischi by CVS. But then, does the package available by CVS is only meant for FC4 or can I install it also on FC3?

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Some braindumping
by Jeremy Katz 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

I spent a little bit of time a few months ago looking at Kadischi and sent Darko a bit of feedback (also based on some mail from him on what he saw the next steps as being). So, I figure it's time that I take that information and dump it for the wider audience now. Most of the suggestions are from the standpoint of trying to minimize the delta needed for creating a live CD and using existing infrastructure as much as possible (even in cases where that requires extending the infrastructure for things to work more cleanly). In the longer term, they're the sorts of things that make it so that live CDs can be more prevalent in the Fedora space and require less special case work to maintain. * The initrds currently being generated by Kadischi are from a one off script rather than utilizing mkinitrd. This means that you have to generate the initrd by hand afterwards instead of having the kernel post script do it for you. It also means that changes have to be tracked in the Kadischi version of the script. With the mkinitrd currently in rawhide, there is the ability to override commands from nash. Also, with the support for handling multiple initramfs's, a secondary initramfs can be created that just has the overriden commands. For ensuring that modules get included in the initrd, there is some support for overriding things that are detected via /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd -- we probably want to make it so that anaconda ensures that /etc/sysconfig/mkinitrd is generated correctly so the first time an initrd is created, it's "right" * The ro root initscripts changes need to be integrated. But I think Bill is going to be actively working on this ;-) * There's been an ongoing concern that including support for every language Core supports on the live CD leads to a lot of space usage and wanting to strip down the content of /usr/share/locale. Instead of just nuking them in a post script, having a way to get anaconda to set % _install_langs isn't unreasonable, as long as it's not really being exposed in the UI of anaconda * What to do with firstboot? Do we want to show it at all, only do a subset of the config options? * How well does the X autoconfig work currently? I seem to remember it was working okay, so this might not be a huge concern That's a start based on my hazy memory at this point. And I'm willing to help people with any of them, but I definitely don't have time to drive them forward at this point. Jeremy

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Kadischi patch
by J. Hartline 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Hi. I looked more into livecd-mkinitrd.sh and I see that in functions.py, there are no checks for SMP kernels, which.. thats right get installed on SMP machines. Could someone verify that the patch attached fixes this behavior for them? This is relavent to the problems listed here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169812

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Kadischi wiki
by J. Hartline 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

Hi. Could someone get this things into CVS, Elliot perhaps? There is a .spec for building Kadischi from CVS, and a patch also attached. If these are sufficient commit them, I'm sure folks wouldn't mind. ;-) On a Fedora Core 4 platform machine I have here, brp-python-bytecompile doesn't seem to run. However, on a FC5t2 platform brp-python-bytecompile does, so it builds with the %ghosts. If it fails to build on FC4, touch %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/shvar.pyc and %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/functions.pyc and remove all %ghosts from %files except %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/*.pyc Perhaps it is just my build environment why brp-python-bytecompile was not being called. I don't think so however. Thanks. J. Hartline Name: kadischi Summary: Kadischi - LiveCD tool for Fedora Core Systems Version: 0.1 Release: 1 License: GPL Group: Development/Tools URL: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 Patch0: newrpms-kadischi-userbuild.patch Requires: python anaconda busybox-anaconda syslinux mkisofs Requires: zisofs-tools e2fsprogs Requires: /bin/bash /bin/sh Requires: libc.so.6 libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) BuildRequires: kudzu-devel glib2-devel intltool BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release} AutoReqProv: off %description Kadischi - Fedora Core LiveCD generation tool %prep %setup -q -n %{name} %patch0 -p0 %build glib-gettextize --copy --force intltoolize --copy -f --automake aclocal -I . autoconf automake --add-missing --copy %configure make %install rm -rf %{buildroot} make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install ### redundant rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/doc/* %clean rm -rf %{buildroot} %files %defattr(-,root,root) %doc doc/CREDITS doc/FAQ doc/INSTALL doc/NEWS doc/README doc/TODO %{_bindir}/%{name} %dir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name} %config %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/build.conf %config %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/buildstamp %dir %{_datadir}/%{name} %{_datadir}/%{name}/*.sh %{_datadir}/%{name}/*.py %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/*.pyc %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/*.pyo %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/*.py %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/*.pyc %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/lib/*.pyo %{_datadir}/%{name}/post_install_scripts/*.sh %{_datadir}/%{name}/post_install_scripts/*.py %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/post_install_scripts/*.pyc %ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/post_install_scripts/*.pyo %{_datadir}/%{name}/initrd/find-live-cd %{_datadir}/%{name}/ks_examples/minimal-livecd.cfg %{_datadir}/%{name}/initrd/livecd-linuxrc %{_datadir}/%{name}/patches/*.patch %{_datadir}/%{name}/install/readonly-root %{_datadir}/%{name}/install/rc.readonly-livecd %{_datadir}/%{name}/install/readonly-halt %{_datadir}/%{name}/install/scanswap %changelog * Tue Jan 17 2006 Jasper Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> - Added glib2-devel,intltool as BuildRequires * Mon Jan 16 2006 Jasper Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> - Added AutoReqProv eliminating /bin/ash dep - Added explicit Requires * Fri Jan 13 2006 Jasper Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> - Cleaned up %files - Added BuildRequires * Thu Jan 12 2006 Jasper Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> - Fixed incorrect URL in .spec - Fixed missing %ghosts * Thu Jan 12 2006 Rudolf Kastl <che666(a)gmail.com> - added patch to make it install clean - cleaned up file section - removed explicit requires - fixed the pre build part and proper use of macros * Mon Jan 9 2006 Jasper Hartline <jasperhartline(a)adelphia.net> - Built Kadischi rpm package (Initial Build)

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Run with it!
by Elliot Lee 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hey all! I get the impression that everyone is waiting for a kadischi maintainer to show up out of thin air. Unless I find a magic lamp really soon, this won't happen. :) So, if anyone would like commit access to kadischi CVS, and has a patch that they're already trying to get in, please e-mail me and we'll work on getting commit access for more of you. Best, -- Elliot Red Hat Summit Nashville (May 30 - June 2, 2006) http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/

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Fedora Core Ofiicial LiveCD and DVD media
by J. Hartline 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

I'm willing to take the time out here to build anything the Fedora Project needs with kadischi, within my bounds of course. If you need LiveCD and LiveDVD images, provide a package list or some sort of information in what should be on it at least. A seemingly generic LiveCD to me I would think would be a Workstation type install, but I do believe that stretches the bounds of 650/700MB medias.

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