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parted version is 1.7.1

Andrea Righi wrote:
> Mike Brady wrote:
>> Andrea,
>>
>> Sorry no good.  The patch applies ok, but ....
>>
>> Firstly the maximum size of a Minix file system is 64M so a fulel
>> UYOK doesn't fit.  I got around this with --my-modules which does
>> fit.
>>
>> Then I ran into the filename size limit which is 30 characters.
>>>> tar -C /tmp/.systemimager.0 -cf - . | tar -C /tmp/.systemimager.1
>>>> -xf -
>> tar: ./etc/dhclient-script.systemimager-prefix: Cannot open: File
>> name too long
>>
>> The 'golden client' is a Vmware Server guest which needs the mpt
>> drivers (mptspi, mptscsih, mptbase, scsi_transport_spi).
>>
> 
> it seems that to resolve this issue the only clean way is to add the
> cpio initrd support... unfrotunately to do that we need to rewrite a lot
> of code in systemimager, so it'll need some time. I'll start to test it
> with the trunk.
> 
>> I have a UYOK made from a Centos 4 golden client that I know works,
>> so I should be able to use that.  So si_prepareclient --no-uyok gets
>> me an image.
> 
> OK, for now this seems to be a good workaround.
> 
>> The next issue that I have encountered is with the partitioning
>> information.
>>
>> # parted -s -- /dev/sda unit MB print
> 
> It seems that the syntax of parted changed again... >:-( which version
> of parted are you using in your golden client?
> 
> Regards,
> -Andrea

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Mike Brady
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