Mike Brady wrote:
> 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
> 

OK, I've started to work in the trunk to resolve both problmes (parted
syntax and I'm trying to add the cpio support). I hope to have a fix soon...

Regards,
-Andrea

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