November 2010 - Arch-releng - lists.archlinux.org

[arch-releng] New install iso, when?
by Thomas Dziedzic 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

I was wondering when there would be a new install iso and if there is anything I can help out with to get it out the door. I would be willing to help with mostly anything except aif, since I am working on a custom install script called inky which aims to be much simpler then aif. more details about inky at - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109335

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[arch-releng] Add basic keyboard remap in syslinux menu.
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

Hello What do you think about this? Is not perfect, but at least can make more people happy. * A simple demo script that can be added to syslinux-iso profile. * Needs lilo (for keytab-lilo perl script) and kdb (for keymaps) * Some keymaps require unicode support, otherwise will fail. So maybe (if this is implemented) lilo can als provide a keymap-lilo-unicode (below is how this can be generated) * Each keymap file takes only 256 bytes. * The script is here: https://gist.github.com/714822 A much better keymap support is using gfxboot.c32, but this is another history ;) I motivated by this feature request: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/21725 -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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[arch-releng] [PATCH - help needed] archiso2dual: Autodetect whether we can boot x86_64
by Thomas Bächler 03 Dec '10

03 Dec '10

--- I'd like to have autodetection for 64 bit CPUs. I have attached a patch for archiso2dual, which works fine - however, as the configuration file is split into several files, I don't know how to make this work with archiso2dual's -S option. Does anyone have an idea on how to do this? archiso2dual/syslinux.cfg | 88 +++---------------------------------- archiso2dual/syslinux_32only.cfg | 3 + archiso2dual/syslinux_arch32.cfg | 10 ++++ archiso2dual/syslinux_arch64.cfg | 10 ++++ archiso2dual/syslinux_both.cfg | 4 ++ archiso2dual/syslinux_head.cfg | 32 ++++++++++++++ archiso2dual/syslinux_tail.cfg | 29 ++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-) create mode 100755 archiso2dual/syslinux_32only.cfg create mode 100644 archiso2dual/syslinux_arch32.cfg create mode 100644 archiso2dual/syslinux_arch64.cfg create mode 100755 archiso2dual/syslinux_both.cfg create mode 100644 archiso2dual/syslinux_head.cfg create mode 100644 archiso2dual/syslinux_tail.cfg diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux.cfg index b53b883..ac92998 100644 --- a/archiso2dual/syslinux.cfg +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux.cfg @@ -1,84 +1,12 @@ -DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 +DEFAULT choose PROMPT 0 -MENU TITLE Arch Linux -MENU BACKGROUND /boot/splash.png -TIMEOUT 3000 -# TODO: Replace these crappy messages with something useful -F1 boot.txt -F2 options.txt -F3 help.txt +LABEL choose +KERNEL ifcpu64.c32 +APPEND have64 -- nohave64 -MENU WIDTH 78 -MENU MARGIN 4 -MENU ROWS 6 -MENU VSHIFT 10 -MENU TIMEOUTROW 13 -MENU TABMSGROW 11 -MENU CMDLINEROW 11 -MENU HELPMSGROW 16 -MENU HELPMSGENDROW 29 +LABEL have64 +CONFIG syslinux_both.cfg -# Refer to http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu - -MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std -MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std -MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all -MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std -MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std -MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std -MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std -MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std -MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std - -LABEL arch32 -TEXT HELP -Boot the Arch Linux (i686) live medium. It allows you to install Arch Linux or -perform system maintenance. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (i686) -LINUX /boot/i686/vmlinuz26 -APPEND initrd=/boot/i686/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX rw_branch_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. -#IPAPPEND 3 - -LABEL arch64 -TEXT HELP -Boot the Arch Linux (x86_64) live medium. It allows you to install Arch Linux or -perform system maintenance. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (x86_64) -LINUX /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 -APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX rw_branch_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 -# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. -#IPAPPEND 3 - -LABEL existing -TEXT HELP -Boot an existing operating system. Press TAB to edit the disk and partition -number to boot. -ENDTEXT -MENU LABEL Boot existing OS -COM32 chain.c32 -APPEND hd0 0 - -# http://www.memtest.org/ -LABEL memtest -MENU LABEL Run Memtest86+ (RAM test) -LINUX /boot/memtest - -# http://hdt-project.org/ -LABEL hdt -MENU LABEL Hardware Information (HDT) -COM32 hdt.c32 -APPEND modules_alias=hdt/modalias.gz pciids=hdt/pciids.gz - -LABEL reboot -MENU LABEL Reboot -COM32 reboot.c32 - -LABEL poweroff -MENU LABEL Power Off -COMBOOT poweroff.com - -ONTIMEOUT arch32 +LABEL nohave64 +CONFIG syslinux_32only.cfg diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_32only.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_32only.cfg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..c7a452d --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_32only.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +INCLUDE syslinux_head.cfg +INCLUDE syslinux_arch32.cfg +INCLUDE syslinux_tail.cfg diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch32.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch32.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29a7745 --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch32.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +LABEL arch32 +TEXT HELP +Boot the Arch Linux (i686) live medium. It allows you to install Arch Linux or +perform system maintenance. +ENDTEXT +MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (i686) +LINUX /boot/i686/vmlinuz26 +APPEND initrd=/boot/i686/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX rw_branch_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 +# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. +#IPAPPEND 3 diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch64.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch64.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac8f764 --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_arch64.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +LABEL arch64 +TEXT HELP +Boot the Arch Linux (x86_64) live medium. It allows you to install Arch Linux or +perform system maintenance. +ENDTEXT +MENU LABEL Boot Arch Linux (x86_64) +LINUX /boot/x86_64/vmlinuz26 +APPEND initrd=/boot/x86_64/archiso.img archisolabel=XXX rw_branch_size=75% locale=en_US.UTF-8 +# Next line should be uncommented when prepare enviroment to boot from PXE. +#IPAPPEND 3 diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_both.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_both.cfg new file mode 100755 index 0000000..9cd1584 --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_both.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +INCLUDE syslinux_head.cfg +INCLUDE syslinux_arch32.cfg +INCLUDE syslinux_arch64.cfg +INCLUDE syslinux_tail.cfg diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_head.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_head.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..246ecef --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_head.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +DEFAULT vesamenu.c32 +PROMPT 0 +MENU TITLE Arch Linux +MENU BACKGROUND /boot/splash.png +TIMEOUT 3000 + +# TODO: Replace these crappy messages with something useful +F1 boot.txt +F2 options.txt +F3 help.txt + +MENU WIDTH 78 +MENU MARGIN 4 +MENU ROWS 6 +MENU VSHIFT 10 +MENU TIMEOUTROW 13 +MENU TABMSGROW 11 +MENU CMDLINEROW 11 +MENU HELPMSGROW 16 +MENU HELPMSGENDROW 29 + +# Refer to http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Doc/menu + +MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std +MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std +MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all +MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std +MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std +MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std +MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std +MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std +MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std diff --git a/archiso2dual/syslinux_tail.cfg b/archiso2dual/syslinux_tail.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b59e06 --- /dev/null +++ b/archiso2dual/syslinux_tail.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +LABEL existing +TEXT HELP +Boot an existing operating system. Press TAB to edit the disk and partition +number to boot. +ENDTEXT +MENU LABEL Boot existing OS +COM32 chain.c32 +APPEND hd0 0 + +# http://www.memtest.org/ +LABEL memtest +MENU LABEL Run Memtest86+ (RAM test) +LINUX /boot/memtest + +# http://hdt-project.org/ +LABEL hdt +MENU LABEL Hardware Information (HDT) +COM32 hdt.c32 +APPEND modules_alias=hdt/modalias.gz pciids=hdt/pciids.gz + +LABEL reboot +MENU LABEL Reboot +COM32 reboot.c32 + +LABEL poweroff +MENU LABEL Power Off +COMBOOT poweroff.com + +ONTIMEOUT arch32 -- 1.7.3.1

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[arch-releng] Fwd: Archiso and fromiso boot option
by Aaron Griffin 01 Dec '10

01 Dec '10

Hi Baurzhan, The arch-releng list was created for archiso/aif/installation related things. I've forwarded this mail there, but it is public, so you are free to join it. Cheers, and sorry for the late response - Aaron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Baurzhan Muftakhidinov <baurthefirst(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:50 PM Subject: Fwd: Archiso and fromiso boot option To: aaron(a)archlinux.org Hi, Aaron! I wrote a simple patch for Archiso to support fromiso boot option, but I can't post it in arch-dev-public list, since it requires right permissions. Maybe, you can forward this mail to that maillist. I don't need write access to that list, I just want to introduce such a useful possibility of Archiso. ---------- Пересылаемое сообщение ---------- From: Baurzhan Muftakhidinov <baurthefirst(a)gmail.com> To: arch-dev-public(a)archlinux.org Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:45:47 +0600 Subject: Archiso and fromiso boot option Hi, all I researched about fromiso boot option for archiso boot scripts and wrote a simple patch. I've attached it. It is too simple, but works fine for me, with my VFAT formatted USB drive. fromiso allows you to boot your custom Archiso based LiveCD from ISO image file, with grub2 'isoloop' support. Here is part of my grub.cfg file menuentry "Archik fromiso" { loopback loop /archik-1.07-i686.iso linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz26 fromiso=/dev/sdb1/archik-1.07-i686.iso initrd (loop)/boot/myarch.img } Here is an discussion topic https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=850989#p850989

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[arch-releng] Unify directory scheme between single and dual .iso images
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

This work is tested and pushed in my install_dir git branch. http://github.com/djgera/archiso/tree/install_dir An example "ls -lR": http://djgera.pastebin.com/SLKS4hzC

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