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Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> Nelson Batalha wrote: |
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>> > This sounds like a great idea. What about the minimal install CD |
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>> though? Last |
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>> > I checked the minimal install image wouldn't boot off a USB flash |
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>> drive |
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>> > unless you were using the 2006.0 image. I know liveUSB isn't |
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>> "officially" |
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>> > supported but if someone got the free time to get the minimal |
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>> images to boot |
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>> > from USB flash, I know it would make a lot of people happy. |
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>> > |
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>> > --Dan Dexter |
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>> This means they will become supported. One however could release a tar |
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>> just for the liveusb but it just takes space in reps, and it's |
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>> necessary to have a script in both solutions so.. |
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>> I haven't tried myself, someone knows what's different with these cd's? |
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> The problem was the same with both the minimal and the LiveCD. In |
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> 2006.1, genkernel was using -t iso9660 to mount the "CD root". In |
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> 2007.0, vfat (or maybe it was the NLS stuff) was built as a module in |
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> the kernel and that module wasn't available in the initramfs. Neither of |
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> these should be the case for 2008.0. |
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I'd be happy to test the minimal ISO against our doc if I can get my hands on |
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the ISO in time :) |
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iirc, the mount -t iso9660 was fixed, but the vfat/nls modules were missing. |
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Cheers, |
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/ Xavier Neys |
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