Re: [Server-devel] updates
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: I'm going to back-port the minihal.py (index 6d4e6de..8ab93d4 100644) fix to what I have going on here. Cool! the cf card, this should be almost be good to go, just have to write a post part in the kickstart file to setup the olpc.fth file. The trick to getting this all working is to plug in the external drive in after anaconda loads up to the language screen, keeps from messing with OFW's and the kernel's drive ordering. An external hard drive could be boot-able if you set up the olpc.fth file on the first partition as long as it is not lvm, so this opens up that avenue also. I used that method to load the stock updated os on to the XO. When you say external drive, do you mean the SD card or another bit of media? I've add the need modules and firmware to support the cf card and the on-board wireless into anaconda's build routine. I get prompted to configure the on-board wireless lan now..(yet to be tested). Guess I should bz that one too. Should this be successful, live updates at install time could be possible. Then how would we like the on-board interface to come up as? Part of the mesh, or let it be available to be configured for internet access by default? A mesh device, our goal is to have a School Server, so we'll want it as a mesh gateway antenna... but we'll wipe those files away and setup our wonky configuration from xs-config, right? I should have an updated patch set later this weekend. Cool - I had this thread marked as to review/test/merge but I now realise you are still working on it. let me know how it goes! m -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] updates
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 08:48 +1300, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: Next, find a regular PC that is capable of reading SD cards. We're using Oh, good point. I thought that the XO SD reader was handled by the same kernel module as conventional SD readers. I'm going to back-port the minihal.py (index 6d4e6de..8ab93d4 100644) fix to what I have going on here. Providing that you don't use lvm on the cf card, this should be almost be good to go, just have to write a post part in the kickstart file to setup the olpc.fth file. The trick to getting this all working is to plug in the external drive in after anaconda loads up to the language screen, keeps from messing with OFW's and the kernel's drive ordering. An external hard drive could be boot-able if you set up the olpc.fth file on the first partition as long as it is not lvm, so this opens up that avenue also. I used that method to load the stock updated os on to the XO. I've add the need modules and firmware to support the cf card and the on-board wireless into anaconda's build routine. I get prompted to configure the on-board wireless lan now..(yet to be tested). Guess I should bz that one too. Should this be successful, live updates at install time could be possible. Then how would we like the on-board interface to come up as? Part of the mesh, or let it be available to be configured for internet access by default? I should have an updated patch set later this weekend. Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list server-de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] updates
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: Next, find a regular PC that is capable of reading SD cards. We're using Oh, good point. I thought that the XO SD reader was handled by the same kernel module as conventional SD readers. I've got some ideas I want to try: yum --installroot= and anaconda --rootpath= from within the running os on the XO That could work -- used from a F9 or F10 host, with a script that handles the partitioning, boot flags, etc... is that what you are thinking? Sounds good to me ;-) cheers. , -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list server-de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] updates
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 17:08 -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: latest re-roll of anaconda, srpms, rpms and patch used, updated mkusbinstall for the XO at: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/anaconda/ That's such good news. It's a bit broken, that addition to the anaconda file is unneeded, but it uncovered the same bug that you ran into with kickstart on a fat filesystem. 18:12:36 INFO: moving (1) to step writeksconfig 18:12:36 INFO: Writing autokickstart file 18:12:39 INFO: Running kickstart %%traceback script(s) 18:12:39 INFO: All kickstart %%traceback script(s) have been run 18:12:39 CRITICAL: anaconda 11.4.0.83 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File /tmp/updates/anaconda, line 593, in writeMethodstr partition = isys.getDeviceByToken(LABEL, partition[6:]) File /usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py, line 238, in writeKS self.anaconda.writeMethodstr(f) File /usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py, line 77, in writeKSConfiguration anaconda.id.writeKS(fn) File /usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py, line 208, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File /usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py, line 131, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File /usr/lib/anaconda/text.py, line 702, in run anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() File /tmp/updates/anaconda, line 1070, in module anaconda.intf.run(anaconda) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getDeviceByToken' 18:12:39 INFO: in run, screen = snack.SnackScreen instance at 0xb7a0d34c 18:54:44 DEBUG : adding drive sda to disk list 18:54:44 DEBUG : adding drive sdb to disk list 18:54:45 CRITICAL: parted exception: Bug: Assertion (ped_partition_is_active (part)) at disk.c:1186 in function ped_partition_get_flag() failed. 18:54:54 CRITICAL: parted exception: Bug: Assertion (part-disk_specific != NULL) at dos.c:1423 in function msdos_partition_get_flag() failed. Not sure what to file this one against, looks like parted to me, as one of the booty functions import parted. - finds kickstart file without asking where it is... Good - does that depend on labelling the partition too? Do we have to change mkusbinstall to label it appropriately? - loader doesn't copy stage2 to RAM Cool - - fix compile error re: MD_NEW_SIZE_BLOCKS(size) - added support for method=hd:LABEL=XSRepo at the boot prompt This allows us not to ask where the install media if the usbdrive is labeled as XSRepo and passed the above string. - added support for mmc cards (for the XO) in loader. This is incomplete, loader now finds the CF card on the XO but is unavailable to partition and thus install to it. F10 has the same behavior, I filed BZ# 481441. Hope they fix the issue before I have to dig it up I've CC'd myself on the bug. The actual number is - BZ 481431 - Fat fingered that, sorry. - updated mkusbinstall added the labeling of the usbdrive for the above method and creation of /boot/olpc.fth for the XO. Ah, that's what I was alluding to earlier. Is it possible to workaround the SD card issue by building an installer image with an older kernel? From what you said it's a regression with 2.6.27.x right? No, the issue is that anaconda, for F9, doesn't have the kernel modules in the initrd, F10 does. Both fail to add the CF card to the partitioning screen, thus making them unavailable as install targets. I'm wondering if we can craft a just-installed image that can be dd'd to SD cards. That seems do-able, I'll try on the weekend to work something up. I guess I'll explore this tomorrow -- I'm on the road today, so limited in my hacking ;-) Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Re: [Server-devel] updates
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Jerry Vonau jvo...@shaw.ca wrote: latest re-roll of anaconda, srpms, rpms and patch used, updated mkusbinstall for the XO at: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/anaconda/ That's such good news. - finds kickstart file without asking where it is... Good - does that depend on labelling the partition too? Do we have to change mkusbinstall to label it appropriately? - loader doesn't copy stage2 to RAM Cool - - fix compile error re: MD_NEW_SIZE_BLOCKS(size) - added support for method=hd:LABEL=XSRepo at the boot prompt This allows us not to ask where the install media if the usbdrive is labeled as XSRepo and passed the above string. - added support for mmc cards (for the XO) in loader. This is incomplete, loader now finds the CF card on the XO but is unavailable to partition and thus install to it. F10 has the same behavior, I filed BZ# 481441. Hope they fix the issue before I have to dig it up I've CC'd myself on the bug. The actual number is - BZ 481431 - - updated mkusbinstall added the labeling of the usbdrive for the above method and creation of /boot/olpc.fth for the XO. Ah, that's what I was alluding to earlier. Is it possible to workaround the SD card issue by building an installer image with an older kernel? From what you said it's a regression with 2.6.27.x right? I'm wondering if we can craft a just-installed image that can be dd'd to SD cards. I guess I'll explore this tomorrow -- I'm on the road today, so limited in my hacking ;-) martin -- martin.langh...@gmail.com mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
[Server-devel] updates
Hi Martin: latest re-roll of anaconda, srpms, rpms and patch used, updated mkusbinstall for the XO at: http://members.shaw.ca/jvonau/pub/anaconda/ - finds kickstart file without asking where it is... - loader doesn't copy stage2 to RAM - fix compile error re: MD_NEW_SIZE_BLOCKS(size) - added support for method=hd:LABEL=XSRepo at the boot prompt This allows us not to ask where the install media if the usbdrive is labeled as XSRepo and passed the above string. - added support for mmc cards (for the XO) in loader. This is incomplete, loader now finds the CF card on the XO but is unavailable to partition and thus install to it. F10 has the same behavior, I filed BZ# 481441. Hope they fix the issue before I have to dig it up - updated mkusbinstall added the labeling of the usbdrive for the above method and creation of /boot/olpc.fth for the XO. Jerry ___ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
