Re: [SliTaz] VDI?

[Daryl Kuchay <daryl.kuchay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Odd issue that I cannot validate on forums. I built one iso and saw ways to improve upon testing. No gui yet on geode hardware. X -config failed. Rebooted and tried vesa driver over geode and saw slim start up but logins of tux and root did not take. 

2nd iso. Built fine.... well despite one syslinux error but it tested okay. It booted but... When building ISO I added a few more packages like acpid since button presses resulted in 7 lines worth of error. I see in init that acpi is associating better but upon getting a prompt I can not log in. Last few lines of init I saw was something about not being able to load password database. Gave VM 8gb ram and 28gb of storage and 2 cpu cores. I’m starting to think building in VM not optimal. Tried to install virtualbox guest additions but they failed to insert as module. Have a feeling I will need to start over on 4.0 but hoping a quick fix is available?? 

At this point I’ll start on 5.0 knowing I need to copy in older syslinux.....

Hey when I made last Iso in virtualbox there was an isolinux error about not being able to see the true path of /media/usbflash/ ... wondering if that may have led me in to not being able to log in or shadowdb not loading somehow? 

Only thing I changed was that I made custom flavor away from “core” and called it “WebDT”...  don’t remember unpacking it either....  I think I have some things to try but I will wait for proper suggestion. Alas onward to 5.0. This is fun!



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> On Apr 30, 2020, at 5:46 PM, Daryl Kuchay <daryl.kuchay@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I started on Linux 20 years ago with Suse 7.4. Slitaz is AMAZING! and causing me to feel younger. Just flashed my custom iso to usb and I have never seen something move so fast on target hardware (geode-gx2). Gui not working yet and I have lots to do but I have to say, I cant imagine how much work this is on the back end. Thank you to all who contribute!!!!!
> 
> If I needed a custom xorg.conf is there a way to preload it? 
> 
> Erjo, may I ask for one layer more detail on setting up boot in a way that supports rewriting rootfs? I see the logic but unsure where to apply? 
> 
> Phoenix, I apologize if it seems that I am talking over your request. Please do indicate your problems. I am new to slitaz but possibly someone on cc can help? 
> 
> DarylK
> 
>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 5:10 PM, Eric Joseph-Alexandre <erjo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Le jeudi 30 avril 2020 à 12:22 -0400, Daryl Kuchay a écrit :
>>> Erjo,
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> 
>>> Very cool! Thank you again!
>>> 
>>> Using tazlito and just spun my first gen-distro....
>>> It finished with a message about not having isolinux binary. I added
>>> syslinux-3.82 to the package list but see from message that its not
>>> in the v4.0 package set. 
>>> 
>>> Would my workaround for this be to download the package manually and
>>> place it within ~/4.0/packages directory?
>>> 
>> Yes it will.
>> 
>>> Assuming I would do this with anything needed here including kernel? 
>> 
>> Yes we can :)
>> 
>>> from within kernel build directory “make tazpkg”... I recompiled last
>>> night but want to test before finalizing config. 
>>> 
>>> Oh #@! yes I see conversion tools within tazpkg this is also worth
>>> celebrating. 
>>> 
>>> Conversions will make short work of my extras for TS calibration. 
>>> 
>>> Would it be recommendable to change the flavor away from “core” if I
>>> am adding things that would not be in standard core offering? Adding
>>> xinput_calibrator, inputattach and a few others. 
>>> 
>>> Thank you again!
>> That's fun to play with SliTaz again :)
>> 
>> +Erjo
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 11:17 AM, SLITAZ - Erjo <erjo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Le jeudi 30 avril 2020 à 09:05 -0400, Daryl Kuchay a écrit :
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>> Your welcome :)
>>>> 
>>>>> Also was able to get v4 into VM last night. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Within V4, I see grub-0.9x in packages and I may be able to use
>>>>> that.
>>>>> Just font know if Slitaz is meant to start from grub only when
>>>>> installed in non frugal mode? I want to transfer the usb stick
>>>>> contents to the internal 500mb hdd and setup boot there.
>>>>> 
>>>> No. You can use rootfs.gz as an initrd fs (
>>>> http://doc.slitaz.org/fr:handbook:liveusb?s[]=grub)
>>>> 
>>>> # /boot/grub/menu.lst: GRUB boot loader configuration.
>>>> #
>>>> 
>>>> # Change the colors.
>>>> color yellow/brown light-green/black
>>>> 
>>>> # For booting SliTaz from a cdrom or USB media (LiveRAM).
>>>> #
>>>> title    SliTaz GNU/Linux (Cooking) (Kernel 2.6.22.9)
>>>> kernel    /boot/bzImage root=/dev/null vga=771 home=usb
>>>> initrd    /boot/rootfs.gz
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> I can usb these files in if needed. Ill try to gen-distro on both
>>>>> platforms once I get my packages into vm and get my lists
>>>>> organized.
>>>>> Thank you for the tip!
>>>> 
>>>> I would prefer using tazusb with writefs option. And replace the
>>>> old
>>>> rootfs.gz files by the new one.
>>>> 
>>>> writefs        $(_ 'Write the current filesystem to rootfs.gz.
>>>> Supported compression: lzma, gzip, none.')
>>>> 
>>>> You can even modify syslinux.cfg to boot on both old and new
>>>> rootfs.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> +Erjo
>>>> 
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