On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 18:06:25 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On 04/24/2017 03:59 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 14:16:03 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message > > <[email protected]>: > > > >> On 04/24/2017 10:39 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >>> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 08:43:35 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message > >>> <[email protected]>: > >>> > >>>> On 04/24/2017 07:21 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 05:18:32 -0400, fsmithred wrote in message > >>>>> <[email protected]>: > >>>> > >>>> <snip> > >>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I don't know if this would be of any help to you, but I have a > >>>>>> vdev live iso that I made using Ralph's vdev packages back in > >>>>>> October. After reading this thread, I decided to install it and > >>>>>> upgrade to the 4.9rt kernel. It boots normally. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> What I can't seem to do is make a bootable iso with the 4.9rt, > >>>>>> even after upgrading live-boot, et. al. to the ascii versions. > >>>>>> (There's a problem with the bpo versions of live-boot missing > >>>>>> some parts in the initrd related to overlayfs and nls_ascii). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If you want to try the October live iso, let me know. > >>>>> > >>>>> ..yup, url? > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> jessie-vdev2 iso: > >>>> http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/experimental/ > >>>> > >>>> Notes: > >>>> - boots to console, startx to get to openbox > >>>> - If you want to get rid of the desktop background, it's in the > >>>> spacefm settings. > >>>> - usernames:passwords are root:root and user:user > >>>> - There's a gear icon on the panel that opens a terminal running > >>>> the... (I forget what it's called) script that lets you switch > >>>> between udev and vdev. I assume that it still works, but I didn't > >>>> test it on this install. > >>>> - I think I have it set to not install recommends. > >>>> - *systemd* is pinned, so no libsystemd0 or libpam-systemd > >>>> > >>>> (these are older than the vdev in the repo) > >>>> vdevd-2.0.2, libudev_compat_1.2.1, vdev-initramfs_1.2.7 > >>>> > >>>> fsmithred > >>> > >>> ..thanks, DL in progress. :o) > >>> > >> > >> Update: I removed the 4.9rt kernel and replaced it with the regular > >> 4.9-bpo kernel. > > > > ..looks like these are set up the same way as the Sid/Ceres ones, my > > diff is also 222 lines. > > > >> System still boots, and the live iso I made with it > >> boots. > >> > >> http://paste.debian.net/929150/ > >> I ran a diff on the kernel configs, but I don't see anything > >> obvious. A few months ago, there were problems with the 4.8-bpo > >> kernel and live-boot. Some overlayfs and nls_ascii were missing > >> from the initrd. That was fixed in the 2017 version of live-boot. > > > > ..one good thing about distractions is they buys me time to have > > other people find out things for me. ;o) > > > > ..mounting it after dd'ing it, I see isolinux and boot/grub, but > > also boot/grub/efiboot.img and efi/boot/bootx64.efi, and my box > > didn't like Qubes-R3.2's way to "efi-boot", next boot to grub took > > an hour. > > > > ..your iso boots directly into isolinux or grub without messing up > > my "efi stuffed bios"? > > > > > > If you're using uefi instead of legacy bios, it should boot with > grub, and it shouldn't mess anything up. CAVEAT: There's no > uniformity in uefi implementations across manufacturers. If you want > to install it, the safest way is if you have another linux on the > machine, install this one without a bootloader, and add it to the > menu of the linux that handles the boot. > > Now that I think about it, grub-pc is installed in that image. If you > want to install the bootloader, the grub-efi debs are in the root > directory. The installer should find them and ask if you want it to > install them (in a chroot) for you, which will cause grub to take > over the boot, or it will provide you with a fully-prepared chroot > terminal where you could install them yourself with dpkg, or you can > continue without a bootloader. > > See /usr/lib/refractainstaller/uefi_install.readme > That one is newer than the one in user's home. > > Oh, and if you want to do a manual chroot for something, there's a > script in user's bin that will do the bind mounts for sys proc and > dev. > > fsmithred ..wonderful, thanks a lot. :o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
