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On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Eric Thibodeau <kyron@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'll top-post this one since there are some errors in the LiveCD-Howto (a |
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> mix of two approaches I had). The HOWTO doesn't take clearly into |
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> consideration the fact that there can actually be 2 resulting CDs (normal |
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> and minimal). The process goes as follows: |
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> A) Build NFSroot Image: |
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> 1,2,3: build stage images |
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> 4: build nfstoot image |
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> The real PITA here is generally kernel + AuFS related. The package and |
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> kernel cache deletion steps are _required_ between rebuild, otherwise |
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> catalyst uses cached packages and things just won't work. There might be new |
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> features to fix that in newer catalysts. |
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When you say the package and kernel cache deletion steps are you |
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talking about this command: |
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find /var/tmp/catalyst/packages/ -regextype posix-extended -regex |
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'.*(beowulf|aufs|ldap-auth|torque|diradm).*' -exec rm -f {} \ |
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Should I delete the caches after every call to catalyst, or just after |
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LiveCD steps 3 and 4? |
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> B) Build LiveCD |
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> 1,2,3: build stage images selecting the spec files that reflect the |
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> desired end CD (minimal or with desktop). The main difference are some USE |
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> flags, I'm not even sure the differentiation is still relevant. |
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> 4: build livecd-stage1 |
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> 5: a) bind-mount the nfsroot image into the livecd's playgournd |
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> b) build the livecd-stage2 using catalyst. |
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> The rational behind 5 a) is that the LiveCD is actually built in 5 b) and |
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> pulls in everything that will reside in |
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> /var/git/clustering-livecd/catalyst/livecd/2008.0/overlay/ . This is the way |
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> to include "extra files" in the CD which aren't part of a regular Gentoo |
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> system. |
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> I'm sorry for the confusion, hope this clarifies the process and answers |
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> your questions. |
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> Eric |
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> Tom Stellard wrote: |
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>> I was finally able to build an x86 live CD image, but there are a few |
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>> things about the build process I don't understand. Here are the |
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>> directions for building the live CD as I understand them: |
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>> 1. Build nfsroot using these spec files in this order: stage1.spec, |
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>> stage2.spec, stage3.spec, nfsroot_stage4.spec |
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>> 2. Bind mount nfsroot to |
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>> /var/git/clustering-livecd/catalyst/livecd/2008.0/overlay/tftproot/nfsroot/x86 |
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>> 3. Start building the live CD using these spec files in this order: |
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>> stage1.spec stage2-desktop.spec stage3-desktop.spec |
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>> 4.Unmount nfsroot |
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>> 5. Run catalyst with these spec files: nfsroot_stage4.spec |
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>> livecd-stage1-minimal.spec |
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>> 6. Bind mount nfsroot again |
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>> 7. Run catalyst with this spec file: livecd-stage2-minimal.spec |
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>> My questions are: |
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>> Why is it necessary to bind mount nfsroot in step 2? |
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>> Why do we run nfsroot_stage4.spec again in step 5? |
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>> Thanks. |
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>> -Tom Stellard |
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