Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> William Pursell wrote:
>>     
>>> On 8/29/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> William Pursell wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Where can I find the list of files which are copied to the miniroot
>>>>> image?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> There isn't a simple list.  Presently, a set of packages are added, and
>>>> then a bunch of unused portions of the resulting file system are
>>>> removed.
>>>>         
>>> Which tool or script does creates the miniroot?
>>>
>>>       
>> It's not shipped and hasn't been open-sourced.
>>
>> For what you say you want to do, you can use the root_archive command to
>> unpack the existing one, make your modifications, and repack it.
>>     
>
> WARNING : blatant rant follows
>
> I don't know what that script does but anytime I try to use it I have to be
> running either CDE or a DEC Terminal on the ttya port because all ram seems
> to get sucked into a black hole.  Eventually the mouse locks up if I try to
> run CDE but the command completes. It is fascinating to watch and it works
> but man oh man does it thrash.
>
>   
It does take a bit of time. Basically what the script does is take the 
unpacked miniroot, create a bunch of gzip'd cpio archives and then 
creates symlinks to the places where the files originally lived to 
/tmp/root, a writeable area when the miniroot is booted.

I have not seen it take my system down with Solaris Nevada.

sarah
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> on S10u3 at least.
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