From: Erich Focht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 17/07/2005 9:49 AM
To: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Daniel Widyono; Bernard Li
Subject: Re: [Sisuite-devel] logger and nc binaries
On Sunday 17 July 2005 14:02, Daniel Widyono wrote:
>
Gotcha. AFAICT, busybox.rul provides busybox which installs nc and
logger.
> However, the only relevant difference I could find between 3167
and 3189
> (former works, latter according to you doesn't work)
is:
>
> diff trunk-3167-20050630/initrd_source/initrd.rul
>
trunk-3189-20050715/initrd_source/initrd.rul
> 10c10
> <
# $Id: initrd.rul 3152 2005-06-15 04:23:41Z dannf $
>
---
> > # $Id: initrd.rul 3169 2005-07-12 21:09:36Z finley
$
> 38a39,40
> > # 2005.07.12 Brian
Elliott Finley
> > # - x86_64 mklibs related
mods; patch from Erich Focht
> 68,74c70,71
> <
MODULE_UTILS=modutils
> < ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
> <
MODULE_UTILS=busybox
> < endif
> < ifeq
($(ARCH),x86_64)
> < MODULE_UTILS=busybox
> <
endif
> ---
> > # Need newer module-init-tools for 2.6.X
kernels.
> > MODULE_UTILS=module-init-tools
As far as I
understand, the line above specifies where the module utilities
(lsmod,
modprobe, etc) come from. busybox is installed anyway, otherwise one
wouldn't
even have the shell in the initrd.
The issue comes from the differences
between the busybox configuration
files:
initrd_source/patches/busybox.no_modutils.config and
busybox.standard.config.
Probably the standard config has been updated but
the no_modutils version
didn't get the additional functionality (logger and
nc).
Anyway, logger and nc are not needed in the OSCAR use of
systemimager, they
look like extended functionality... If somebody readds
them, please add also
"dd", it is most useful when one has to delete the
bootblocks and MBR of a
disk where the installation didn't
succeed.
Regards,
Erich
