Simon,
It seems like when I used to use a repository on a server, it gave both
livecd-tools and revisor fits. Why is a whole different question.
The most dependable approach for me has been to use the cache feature
instead of a local repo. After the files are cached, it runs just as
fast as having a local repo. Given updates and all, it takes a short
amount of time (5 or 10 minutes) on the first build on a particular day
to update the cache. I'm using a custom kickstart that's fairly
involved and I'm using 1.7G for the cache (base and updates).
livecd-creator --config=[config file path] --fslabel=[label]
--cache=/var/cache/yum/fedora/8/i386
The minimal is also a little problematic. When you boot, you can't
login. That's a documented characteristic; just not one that's
documented in the kickstart.
> echo "# Warning: this kickstart generates a LiveCD that boots ... but
login is disabled" >> /usr/share/livecd-tools/livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
Tim Wood
Simon Ritchie wrote:
I have the same problem, using Fedora core 8. While attempting to
build the minimal livecd, livecd-creator hangs. My Linux box freezes
up. If I can log in and get a command window (not always possible)
the shutdown command runs for a while but does not complete, so the
only solution is to disconnect the power.
Tonight I was luckier and I got some control, so I can post some
diagnostics.
This is a fairly new and clean installation of Fedora core 8 on a
Compaq Pentium III box. The only changes I have made is to install
livecd-creator and the necessary support stuff. The livecd-creator
came from livecd-tools-013-1.fc8.i386.rpm.
I am using a local repository - stored on a linux file server on my
home network and exported via NFS. (Not enough disk space on my build
machine.)
I run the command as follows:
livecd-creator --config=livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
(The control file is shown below.)
It hangs after about half an hour. The console shows:
16.22% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
24.30% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:08 2008
32.42% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
40.50% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:08 2008
48.61% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
56.70% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
64.81% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
72.90% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
81.01% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
89.09% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
97.20% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
Total translation table size: 2048
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 1337
Total directory bytes: 4096
Path table size(bytes): 40
Max brk space used 0
61739 extents written (120 MB)
Inserting md5sum into iso image...
md5 = c0590991a2439b041651cc4afa0d1e09
Inserting fragment md5sums into iso image...
fragmd5 = 1716c77e228d4763bd27981c365f48125e7ea77241f7c2ee64bd32db5fc1
frags = 20
Setting supported flag to 0
According to ps, the livecd-creator command is no longer running, but
a few other python scripts are:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps -aef | fgrep live
root 6027 5880 0 20:14 pts/3 00:00:00 fgrep live
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps -aef | fgrep python
root 1693 1 0 18:10 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/python -E
/usr/sbin/setroubleshootd
root 2001 1 0 18:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python -tt
/usr/sbin/yum-updatesd
root 6031 5880 0 20:15 pts/3 00:00:00 fgrep python
There are the latest error messages in the system log:
Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security: invalidating context
unconfined_u:system_r:setrans_t:s0
Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security: invalidating context
unconfined_u:system_r:inetd_child_t:s0
Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security: invalidating context
unconfined_u:object_r:policy_config_t:s0
Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: audispd[1502]: segfault at 1fdd8dac eip
001b16ad
esp bfc6c754 error 6
Jan 31 19:24:13 l4l restorecond: Reset file context /etc/mtab:
system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0->system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0
Jan 31 19:30:13 l4l restorecond:last message repeated 2 times
Jan 31 19:30:13 l4l kernel: top[2642]: segfault at 0000000c eip
00a3c70c esp
bfa9d120 error 6
My control file livecd-fedora-minimal.ks contains
lang en_US.UTF-8
keyboard uk
timezone Europe/London
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
selinux --enforcing
firewall --disabled
part / --size 1024
repo --name=fed8 --baseurl=file:///mnt/fs/livecd.rh8/fedora.rpms
repo --name=ext --baseurl=file:///mnt/fs/livecd.rh8/extras
%packages
@core
bash
kernel
passwd
policycoreutils
chkconfig
authconfig
rootfiles
%end
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