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From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] netboot2 target population
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:19:28
Message-Id: 466C246A.5010303@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-catalyst] netboot2 target population by Charles Duffy
1 Charles Duffy wrote:
2 > netboot2-copyfile.sh is quite clearly copying the files identified in my
3 > spec into /tmp/image/ within the chroot. However:
4 >
5 > - I have not found the code or directive to genkernel which is intended
6 > to be responsible for including those files in the generated initramfs.
7 > - Since the chroot's /tmp/ is cleaned out during the clean sequence,
8 > the entire operation's intended output is not available for inspection
9 > after-the-fact [without patching code, of course]
10 > - The location I specify with netboot2/overlay is used to populate the
11 > base of the chroot, not the /tmp/image subdirectory of the chroot which
12 > supposedly will become the initramfs.
13 >
14 > I'm happy to implement any necessary changes myself, but I would
15 > appreciate guidance on The Right Way to fix these issues, such that my
16 > output may be mergable upstream.
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18 This is fixed with http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=121673 from bug 174635.
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22 Gentoo Linux Developer Catalyst/Installer + x86 release coordinator
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