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nightmorph 06/11/05 04:02:25 |
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Modified: liveusb.xml |
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Log: |
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added 2006.1 fix-in-the-works; should be evaluated. commented fixes and explanation only, **no content change** |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.11 xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.11&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.11&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11 |
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Index: liveusb.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.10 |
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retrieving revision 1.11 |
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diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11 |
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--- liveusb.xml 18 Sep 2006 10:51:48 -0000 1.10 |
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+++ liveusb.xml 5 Nov 2006 04:02:25 -0000 1.11 |
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.10 2006/09/18 10:51:48 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.11 2006/11/05 04:02:25 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/liveusb.xml"> |
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<title>Gentoo Linux LiveUSB HOWTO</title> |
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@@ -245,6 +245,47 @@ |
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drive. Do not enable this unless the target computer has at least 128MB RAM. |
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</note> |
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+<!-- |
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+(2006.1 workaround) posted by nightmorph |
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+ |
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+Background: |
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+After some lengthy discussion with Robin Johnson (robbat2) on IRC, it turns out |
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+that the reason why 2006.1 fails to work with this guide is because inside the |
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+initramfs, it specifies -t iso9660..but usb flash isn't this filetype, it's |
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+vfat. 2006.0 was much better and just specified mount -t auto. so the thing is |
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+to install an ~arch version of genkernel (3.4.4, still ~arch as of 2006-11-04) |
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+and reconfigure syslinux.config to point at the renamed files. |
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+ |
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+Obviously, unmasking an ~arch version is never desirable in documentation, so we |
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+need some more alternatives...since 3.4.4 was only created at the end of |
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+october; not likely to go stable all that soon. |
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+ |
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+Procedure: |
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+After adjusting the parameters, and before the disk is unmounted/bootloader |
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+installed, the following must be done for ~arch genkernel. Please replace (dash) |
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+with an actual - , since the damned xmllint throws a "comment not terminated" |
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+error. |
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+ |
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+# echo "sys-kernel/genkernel" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
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+# genkernel (dash)(dash)bootdir=/mnt/usb (dash)(dash)install all |
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+(not sure if syslinux has been installed previously yet) |
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+# nano -w syslinux.cfg |
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+(Edit it to point at the new filenames installed by genkernel) |
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+(might be worth renaming to the ones normally used by syslinux, as |
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+if the kernel name is too long, "vfat might bite") |
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+ |
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+(might need to re-run syslinux as specified below to pick up the new names, |
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+though maybe this renaming step should be in the section below?) |
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+# syslinux /dev/sda1 |
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+ |
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+TODO: |
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+- if/when this document changes, brix requested some time ago that he be renamed |
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+"Original Author" and be moved to the bottom of the credits list. |
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+- if/when this fix goes in, robbat2 deserves credit: this is his solution after |
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+ all, and it works. |
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+ |
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+--> |
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+ |
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</body> |
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</section> |
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</chapter> |
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