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[arch-releng] HEADSUP: mkinitcpio and shutdown
by Thomas Bächler 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

The new mkinitcpio 16 (yes, we bumped from 0.15 to 16) in testing contains a new feature that automatically generates an "initramfs" on shutdown. systemd will pivot to this image on shutdown. All it does is re-run systemd-shutdown in a ramdisk, thus allowing a proper umount of / and proper shutdown of ALL loop and device mapper devices. This feature is enabled automatically if * /run/initramfs exists (will be created on your next boot by tmpfiles), * /run/initramfs/shutdown doesn't exist or is not an executable, * The user hasn't masked mkinitcpio-generate-shutdown-ramfs.service. This method should also be able to completely obsolete the custom shutdown hook in archiso and the mkinitcpio shutdown hook (using any of those will disable the new stuff).

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[arch-releng] [PATCH] [archiso] Workaround broken BIOS for ISOLINUX
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Avoiding different issues like instant reboot or error messages. This ensure that isolinux.bin is located on the most low extent possible (LBA 34) just after boot.cat (LBA 33). Directory listing of /ISOLINUX/ d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Nov 25 2013 [ 21 02] . d--------- 0 0 0 2048 Nov 25 2013 [ 19 02] .. ---------- 0 0 0 2048 Nov 25 2013 [ 33 00] BOOT.CAT;1 ---------- 0 0 0 38912 Nov 25 2013 [ 34 00] ISOLINUX.BIN;1 More details at http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-November/021169.html Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386(a)yahoo.com.ar> --- archiso/mkarchiso | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/archiso/mkarchiso b/archiso/mkarchiso index 9655167..434ca1f 100755 --- a/archiso/mkarchiso +++ b/archiso/mkarchiso @@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ command_iso () { -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -isohybrid-mbr ${work_dir}/iso/isolinux/isohdpfx.bin \ ${_iso_efi_boot_args} \ + --sort-weight 1 isolinux/isolinux.bin \ -output "${out_dir}/${img_name}" \ "${work_dir}/iso/" _msg_info "Done! | $(ls -sh ${out_dir}/${img_name})" -- 1.8.4.2

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Re: [arch-releng] Fix for unbooteable ISOLINUX on broken BIOS
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

On 11/27/2013 01:29 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > Am 26.11.2013 22:54, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi: >> On 11/26/2013 12:17 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote: >>> Am 26.11.2013 16:15, schrieb Thomas Bächler: >>>> Am 26.11.2013 16:05, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi: >>>>> The cause and bug is trivially fixed: >>>>> ---- >>>>> diff --git a/core/isolinux.asm b/core/isolinux.asm >>>>> index bd4e9556922d..c4db4133e274 100644 >>>>> --- a/core/isolinux.asm >>>>> +++ b/core/isolinux.asm >>>>> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ MaxLMA equ 384*1024 ; Reasonable limit (384K) >>>>> call getlinsec >>>>> pop eax >>>>> pop cx >>>>> - mov dx,cx >>>>> + movzx edx,cx >>>>> pop bp >>>>> pop bx >>>>> ---- >>>>> >>>>> @Tobias: Could you rebuild syslinux with patch [#2] included? Thanks! >>>> I don't think we rebuild the asm code in our syslinux package, as >>>> upstream doesn't recommend it. Instead, we only build the syslinux >>>> installer and use the shipped binaries. >>> Oh, it seems that was reverted. So this should work fine. >>> >>> >> Yes. Can be great if the new pkg goes to [core] before next 2013.12 ;) >> >> Thanks >> > Done > Gracias :) -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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[arch-releng] [arch-install-scripts] [PATCH] common: mount efivarfs if possible, but don't bail out if it fails
by Thomas Bächler 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Installing EFI bootloaders during pacstrap is broken right now, as is installing manually in arch-chroot. Therefore, mount efivarfs if the host kernel supports it. --- common | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/common b/common index 950b452..2078b56 100644 --- a/common +++ b/common @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ api_fs_mount() { { mountpoint -q "$1" || track_mount "$1" "$1" --bind; } && track_mount proc "$1/proc" -t proc -o nosuid,noexec,nodev && track_mount sys "$1/sys" -t sysfs -o nosuid,noexec,nodev && + { [[ -d "$1/sys/firmware/efi/efivars" ]] && track_mount efivarfs "$1/sys/firmware/efi/efivars" -t efivarfs -o nosuid,noexec,nodev || true; } && track_mount udev "$1/dev" -t devtmpfs -o mode=0755,nosuid && track_mount devpts "$1/dev/pts" -t devpts -o mode=0620,gid=5,nosuid,noexec && track_mount shm "$1/dev/shm" -t tmpfs -o mode=1777,nosuid,nodev && -- 1.8.4.2

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo annotated tag v13 created. v13
by djgera＠archlinux.org 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The annotated tag, v13 has been created at b8a519bfc255753fa0bef8b5ea61bb1a7099546f (tag) tagging 6a34e12e687ead81e51ef1681d2f9f4ca4c8e5e2 (commit) replaces v12 tagged by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi on Tue Oct 29 21:00:01 2013 -0300 - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- tagging -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJScEwBAAoJEF7VFKRb1ck473oIAKtbTXjLslSvvf9FJqhYSzSQ XyMw1oq4QyXKDrPIE3YeFI44+a16GoZTKtEns+7VoZIbngat6MmDUHYxUiPfXA5B C/KLE8B0B9MILQK5s6MuZwdCG4B4XwxPlNAg2Sn+mQ8aNzk1jR2PB9Lm3GEOcWcY STifCZ/wCGfOVeCTQXjtqyRFHBnVIbR6bkNRRIX6tcr2thOjsgPFtnvHpdGHYzIX tNHJQ3jF7lQMW3b0jvTNJLYGvFQxwAgjo/k0vEvhfScUfjDSflGAKalAaSanqJQP DVlvnAAEMzgCJ+rtccWx8Z0AbHxdcAJuc9IQoWCff7ziQslCsGa+z6Ewd20dCbE= =WNIp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (3): [archiso] mkarchiso: init cmd: test for file instead of directory [archiso] changes for syslinux 6 prepare release ----------------------------------------------------------------------- hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch master updated. v12-3-g6a34e12
by djgera＠archlinux.org 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

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[arch-releng] [archiso] [GIT] The official archiso scripts repo branch testing updated. v12-3-g6a34e12
by djgera＠archlinux.org 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. It was generated because a ref change was pushed to the repository containing the project "The official archiso scripts repo". The branch, testing has been updated via 6a34e12e687ead81e51ef1681d2f9f4ca4c8e5e2 (commit) from 6d4e69b90527c1be56c50f6d8a32cf6540ef361a (commit) Those revisions listed above that are new to this repository have not appeared on any other notification email; so we list those revisions in full, below. - Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) hooks/post-receive -- The official archiso scripts repo

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[arch-releng] [archiso] syslinux 6 status
by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

Good news :) With syslinux-6.01-pre5 all things tested seems to work! Finally! Boot from: cdrom (ISOLINUX): OK disk (SYSLINUX [VFAT]): OK disk (SYSLINUX [EXT4]): OK disk (ISOHYBRID-MBR): OK network (PXELINUX): OK Also tested, all other menu items, reboot, hdt, memtest, etc... Tests was made under qemu-1.5.1. PS: Since syslinux 6 supports EFI, maybe in a future (2013.08 or 2013.09), if all things work, I am going to replace gummiboot with syslinux. -- Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi \cos^2\alpha + \sin^2\alpha = 1

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by Administrator 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

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[arch-releng] FW: Last Month Remit
by Administrator 21 Oct '13

21 Oct '13

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