Hi Kim On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:23:54AM +0200, Kim Oppalfens said: > At 03:57 15/05/2002, Simon Blake wrote: > >And lo, two days became two weeks :-). > > And even later somebody replies :-) > > I have one comment and one question?? > > Comment I think the lines with > dd=if/dev/zero of=initrd-new bs=1M count=2 > /sbin/mkfs.minix initrd-new > > should read > > dd=if/dev/zero of=initrd-new.img bs=1M count=2 > /sbin/mkfs.minix initrd-new.img > > at least that is what I did otherwise the mkdir initrd-new complained > that a file with that name already existed.
Truly - thanks for that, I've amended the guide. > Afterwards I get a working initrd.lrp. > > Now for the question, have you ever tried backing up your initrd.lrp. > Even after changing the obvious 2.0.7 values in initrd.list with the 2.2.5 > ones it is a no go. > It doesn't work for me the package gets smaller, something is going wrong > with the links > and with backing up the content of /var/lib/lrpkg Does it work in standard Bering? I had noticed that it didn't work, but I'd assumed that it probably didn't work in stock Bering either - initrd.lrp has a totally different format to a standard lrp file, and it wouldn't suprise me if it couldn't be backed up via the standard mechanism. I've not needed to make changes to my initrd.lrp very often, so I've made them to the source tree on my dev box, rather than live on the routers. Cheers Si > Kim Oppalfens > > > > > > > >Rudimentary docs and packages to bring Bering up to glibc 2.2.5 are on > > > >http://www.wix.net.nz/LEAF/ > > > >All input welcome - I'd especially like a few people to take them for a > >spin before they get announced on the LEAF website or on 'users. Of > >interest to note is that my sizing below was way out of wack - if you're > >careful, the size difference isn't enormous: > > > >original: initrd.lrp 405K root.lrp 309K > >glibc2.2: initrd.lrp 653K root.lrp 326K > > > >A total size increase of just 265K, which may make it workable in dual > >floppy situations. > > > >Cheers > >Si > > > >On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 06:00:22PM +1200, Simon Blake said: > > > Sure - in the next couple of days I was going to do the same conversion > > > to Bering RC2 and document the process for my own records. Once I've > > > done that, I'll certainly put both changed packages and documentation up > > > somewhere. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Si > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:39:39PM +0200, Kim Oppalfens said: > > > > > > > At 13:09 26/04/2002, Simon Blake wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Would indeed make it to large for a single floppy release, but not > > for many > > > > of us that run dual floppy, flash, hdd or cdrom > > > > based leaf's. So it there any chance you can post the packages > > somewhere? > > > > And maybe just maybe, if you can spare the time write a little > > > > step-by-step document explaining what you did? > > > > > > > > I know I would appreciate very much, and I expect I am not the only one > > > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > >Hi folks > > > > > > > > > >Nothing quite like replying to yourself a month later. A few weeks ago, > > > > >I had another go at converting Bering to glibc 2.2.5, and irritatingly, > > > > >it pretty much worked first time :-). I've now got a couple of routers > > > > >out in the field running Bering RC1 and glibc 2.2.5, and it seems > > > > >to be working a charm. For those that asked, the increase in bloat > > > > >probably rules out single floppy systems, but it's not enormous: > > > > > > > > > >Original Bering: > > > > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 409022 Mar 19 00:56 initrd.lrp > > > > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 317849 Mar 22 01:22 root.lrp > > > > > > > > > >Glib2.2 Bering: > > > > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 916546 Apr 9 00:08 initrd.lrp > > > > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 380303 Apr 8 23:02 root.lrp > > > > > > > > > >About the only trap in the transition is that you have to increase the > > > > >size of the minix file system in initrd.lrp and of the initial ramdisk > > > > >to accomodate the bloat. > > > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > > >Si > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 01:45:55PM +1200, Simon Blake said: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Folks > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been using Dachstein with a home grown upgrade to libc v2.2.4 > > > > > > (simply replacing most of /lib in root.lrp with the files from my > > debian > > > > > > unstable box) - works a charm, and since I'm working of Compact Flash > > > > > > the extra bloat isn't a huge issue. It makes packaging easier > > (no need > > > > > > to keep an old dev env around), and makes some otherwise uncompilable > > > > > > code accessible (notably vrrpd and some of the LVS stuff). > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I've tried the same thing with Bering - upgraded libc and > > ld-linux > > > > > > in initrd.lrp, and the rest of /lib in root.lib. It all seems to > > work, > > > > > > except that root can no longer login (gets an error about UNKNOWN > > user > > > > > > on tty1). Now, I'm aware that that's probably not a Bering specific > > > > > > error, but I'm wondering if anybody else has done something like this > > > > > > and solved this problem, before I dive in and try and fix it myself. > > > > > > Are there plans for a libc2.2 based Bering? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Si > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leaf-devel mailing list > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >Leaf-devel mailing list > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leaf-devel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > > > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Have big pipes? 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