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dCore-focal
PDP-8:
Starting to stray into thread drift ... getting my dCore mojo back.
The answer of course is to sce-import dCore-usbinstaller. How could I forget that....
I tried that, but using the current Focal release-candidate as the platform to launch dCore-usbinstaller. Fails trying to write either focal or bionic 64 bit uefi releases. and I'm trying to figure out why. Maybe it's because I'm using an rc of focal in the first place. dunno.
Here's the relevant part of how it goes on a *verified* good stick on /dev/sdb1
--- Code: ---15267 MB: Size of USB device
46 MB: Size needed for basic install
15221 MB: Size remaining on USB after install
Creating and formatting /dev/sdb1 UEFI partition...
mkfs.vfat 4.1 (2017-01-24)
mkfs.vfat: unable to open /dev/sdb1: No such file or directory
Creating and formatting the remaining space as /dev/sdb2 with ext2...
mke2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
The file /dev/sdb2 does not exist and no size was specified.
tune2fs 1.45.5 (07-Jan-2020)
tune2fs: no such file or directory while trying to topen /dev/sdb2/
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
mount: /tmp/usbinstall: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist.
Installing for X86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: failed to get canonical path of `rootfs' .
Installing for i386-efi platform.
grub-install: error: failed to get canonical path of `rootfs'.
--- End code ---
Weird as I can mount the sdb1 partition manually if I want. Probably something wrong on my end so I'll dig around. I don't mind ext3/4 - sticks are much more robust these days, especially those that are large and have cells and even controllers to spare when you get 32gb or beyond.
PDP-8:
Oops - looks like I jumped the gun when you replied!
Gotcha - no sweat. Totally dig it - a kid could burn using a 3rd party burner just to get online to grab the real dcore-usbinstaller and burn again with something a little less hack-ish than what I normally do. :)
Pleasure - fun to play and always learning something new.
Jason W:
There was an issue with a startup script involving fdisk that prevented dCore-usbinstall to work. It is fixed now, and I uploaded repacked dCorePlus-focal64 related images. Using dd to write dCorePlus-focal.iso to usb, booting it, and installing and using dCore-usbinstall on the same usb drive works now.
PDP-8:
YEAH! You got it!
I tested like a typical inquisitive new user using Etcher on Windows with the new dCorePlus Focal iso. Then I used that to burn a more capable usb stick of itself online.
You should be proud!
The only minor thing I would suggest is maybe to put a tiny README in the local directory with perhaps commonly used sce commands.
Example: wiki's moving, stale info on other forums, or in the case of me right here getting this totally wrong a few messages back:
What I got wrong and should have written:
--- Code: ---sce-import dCore-usbinstall
--- End code ---
not, "usbinstaller".
A readme written by someone who actually knows what they are doing (not me!) might be helpful if they are grasping at straws with google and wikis, and simply wrong info from guys like me. :)
GREAT job Jason.
PDP-8:
Occasionally losing Xterm in Fluxbox menu: (minor thing)
I don't know what sequence of events I'm doing to trigger this, but every once in a blue-moon, when I bring up the Fluxbox applications menu, xterm disappears, leaving only Aterm and UxTerm as my terminal choices.
Not a big deal. Logging out and dropping to the command prompt, exiting out, and logging back in as tc brings Xterm back into the menu.
It doesn't happen often, and sometimes, it will come back without me having to log out to the commandline.
Otherwise, I'm totally stoked with the RC even though I don't push it as hard as some might.
The only thing I *really* need is to sce-import the graphics-<kernel> sce. Of course this boots me to native resolution, and the system looks great with the ttf fonts. I also need it to make my hdmi monitor actually go into powersave, rather than just blank the screen.
Got my Xterm tweaked to my liking in .Xdefaults, but even so, if I want to change out of the native resolution, I just use Xrandr in a shell script. Of course I then need to change my xterm font setup in .Xdefaults, but this is where the ctrl-right-click menu comes in real handy. Or fire up Aterm. whatever.
For me, this is production ready, and not an rc! Then again, I'm not pushing it like a real power-use might.
Nice job man. If this were 1987, I'd pay you about $20,000 for this kick-ass workstation! :)
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