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Offline alexgill

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Hi.

Using 'ezremaster' to create a single 'core.gz' initrd to serve with the kernel for PXE booting. The tool works nicely, but it produces a CDE dir with what I'm guessing are the 'TinyCore-current.iso' X/GUI and FLTK/FLWM extensions...  That dir listing is attached.  I haven't yet deeply examined that the script does, but perhaps you have and have an idea on it.  TIA.

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Re: Ezremaster's "Extract TCZ in to initrd" still produces a CDE dir...
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2014, 01:42:15 PM »
Ezremaster creates an ISO to be burned to a CD/DVD.  Why would you think it would not produce a CDE directory in addition to the core.gz  with extensions you specified?

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Ezremaster's "Extract TCZ in to initrd" still produces a CDE dir...
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2014, 04:39:00 PM »
You've probably chosen to add apps outside initrd. 
Instead, in ezremaster GUI try selecting

"apps inside initrd onboot",

then add all the apps you wish to include in initrd


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« Last Edit: June 23, 2014, 04:46:05 PM by coreplayer2 »

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Re: Ezremaster's "Extract TCZ in to initrd" still produces a CDE dir...
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2014, 09:46:49 AM »
gerald_clark, OK I understand it's for creating a CD image, but I'm aiming for a core.gz as a stand-alone initrd image for a simpler network boot.

coreplayer2, I did try loading all extensions via 'app on initrd on boot' -- but a CDE directory with the base Xlib and flwm extensions is still there in the image dir.

As a shortcut solutions, (1) I tried including the extension filename in CDE into the onboot.lst, which ezremaster loaded in the 'extract to initrd' window, but this still produced the CDE and a non-X remaster.  (2) Also tried chroot'ing into /tmp/ezremater/extract and looping 'tce-load -i $file' for the contents of CDE/optional/, but that silently failed.  So still chipping away...

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Ezremaster's "Extract TCZ in to initrd" still produces a CDE dir...
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2014, 11:47:22 AM »
Done with all apps inside initrd onboot will not create a cde directory in the ISO as far as I know and I use this method almost every day


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