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Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 08:16:26 AM

Title: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 08:16:26 AM

Is there a reason for no  copy2fs  boot code?

If I get it right, when booting off of CD, there is no way to eject the CD after boot, unless it was remastered with added  /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/copy2fs.flg .

I'm currently thinking about how to add the  copy2fs  boot code to  tc-config  and   tce-setup  but please stop me if you know this would break things, as I'm not familiar with every method Core offers for loading extension (builtin/*.gz, *.tcz, PXE, etc.).

Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 08:39:12 AM

Hmm, am I going too easy?
This works on my installation:

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--- tce-setup.old
+++ tce-setup.new
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  mkdir "$TCEDIR"/optional
  chown -R "$USER".staff "$TCEDIR"
  fi
+ [ -n "$COPY2FS" ] && touch "$TCEDIR"/copy2fs.flg
  [ -L /etc/sysconfig/tcedir ] && rm -f /etc/sysconfig/tcedir
  ln -sf "$TCEDIR" /etc/sysconfig/tcedir
  chown -R "$USER".staff "$TCEINSTALLED"
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
  case $i in
  cde) CDE=1 ;;
  base) ONLYBASE=1 ;;
+ copy2fs) COPY2FS=1 ;;
  esac
 done
 



Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 08:49:52 AM

Yeah, too easy. Doesn't work for  base .
I might wait for comments before I dig further.

Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Juanito on October 18, 2016, 08:56:45 AM

Quote from: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 08:16:26 AM

If I get it right, when booting off of CD, there is no way to eject the CD after boot, unless it was remastered with added  /etc/sysconfig/tcedir/copy2fs.flg .

This works for me:

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$ sudo umount /mnt/sr0
$ eject

Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 09:03:32 AM

Really? Shouldn't it refuse to un-mount while there are extensions mounted from sr0 (resource or device busy) ?

Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Juanito on October 18, 2016, 09:39:11 AM

the extensions are loaded to ram, no?

Title: Re: copy2fs boot code
Post by: Misalf on October 18, 2016, 10:06:09 AM

Oh, yes!
There is  /cde/copy2fs.lst , containing every extension stored in  /cde/optional . Big oversight. :p
This probably reduces my efforts by some degree as CDs are not affected.
I'd still find a  copy2fs  boot code useful but I'm realizing now that it's not really required. Maybe I'll come back to this if I can get it done without complicating things.