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| -rw-r--r-- | mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES | 39 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdk-stage1/doc/WHY-DIETLIBC | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdk-stage1/doc/documented..frontend.h | 4 |
5 files changed, 35 insertions, 84 deletions
diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/README b/mdk-stage1/doc/README index 6a1d92bf9..28b81b39e 100644 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/README +++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ ------------------------------------------------------- -* Stage1 of the Mandrakelinux installation program * +* Stage1 of the Mandriva Linux installation program * ------------------------------------------------------- [ Author ] - Guillaume Cottenceau (gc at mandrakesoft.com) + Guillaume Cottenceau (gc at mandriva.com) [ Copyright ] - Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Mandrakesoft + Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Mandriva Partially inspired by Redhat stuff (install from 5.x and 7.x) copyright Red Hat Software, and Debian stuff (boot-floppies) copyright by their @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ [ Online ] - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/html/stage1.html + http://people.mandriva.com/~gc/html/stage1.html [ Purpose ] @@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ -=-=-- Okay, now, more details --=-=- - [ Installing Mandrakelinux ] + [ Installing Mandriva Linux ] -Per default, just insert your Mandrakelinux Installation CD into your +Per default, just insert your Mandriva Linux Installation CD into your CDROM tray, be sure your system BIOS is configured to boot on your CDROM, and that's all. @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ of the easiest way is to grab a local copy of the Distribution on one of your local hard drives, and to install from that location. At present time, you can install from IDE or SCSI drives, from Linux -(ext2), Windows (vfat) or Reiserfs partition. +(ext4), Windows (vfat) or Reiserfs partition. In that case, you'll need to use the "hd.img" image file. The dialogs will ask you to choose the DISK drive to use to install from, then the @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ it's more basic but still usable :-). (#2) A shell is provided on second console in some cases (you need to compile it with -DSPAWN_SHELL and you need to provide a valid shell in the -initrd) and of course it's not in, in image files of Mandrakelinux +initrd) and of course it's not in, in image files of Mandriva Linux releases because it's too much diskspace. (#3) The log is printed out on the third console. This is the location @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ feature. It's implemented with a fork and a Unix pipe. [ Rescueing a system ] -Since Mandrakelinux 7.1, we provide a rescue system through each of the +Since Mandriva Linux 7.1, we provide a rescue system through each of the previously described methods. You don't need a special "rescue.img" file. Just hit "F1" at boot time, type in "rescue", and follow the first steps of the installation according to the method you chose (choose diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS b/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS index 67151410e..81d559a7f 100644 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS +++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/TECH-INFOS @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ This feature is used to replace redhat kickstart. It uses the kernel parameter "automatic" with keywords separated with commas and colons, on the following genres: - automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i586 + automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i686 - automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:ftp.ciril.fr,directory:/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker + automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:ftp.ciril.fr,directory:/pub/linux/mandriva-devel/cooker automatic=method:ftp,network:dhcp,server:companyserver,directory:/mdkinst,user:XXX,pass:XXX @@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ commandline), please find each keyword short-alias counterpart in file This gives for example for: - automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i586 + automatic=method:nfs,network:static,ip:192.168.1.24,server:192.168.1.7,directory:/stable/i686 ==> - automatic=met:nfs,net:static,ip:192.168.1.24,ser:192.168.1.7,dir:/stable/i586 + automatic=met:nfs,net:static,ip:192.168.1.24,ser:192.168.1.7,dir:/stable/i686 diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES b/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES index ceef21758..cfae4dc54 100644 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES +++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/UPDATEMODULES @@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ e2fs filesystem. This disk may contain a number of kernel modules; some of them may replace existing modules, some of them may be added. -This disk must contain a special file, named "to_load", on -the root (not in a subdirectory). This file will contain a series of -module names, with optional module options; the program will try to load -all these modules one after another, using file on the floppy if present, -else using file within standard module repository ("marfile" on the boot -floppy). It can contain comments, these are strictly defined by the -presence of a hash (#) character on column 0 of any line. + +Create a directory per kernel version, named from the version, for example +2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb. In this directory put the modules and a special +file, named "to_load". This file will contain a series of module names, with +optional module options; the program will try to load all these modules one +after another, using file on the floppy if present, else using file within +standard module repository. It can contain comments, these are strictly defined +by the presence of a hash (#) character on column 0 of any line. This disk may also contain some update or new modules for installed kernels. Those modules must be placed in directory <kernel-version>. They must be @@ -44,17 +45,14 @@ Here's a typical scenario: --=----=----=----=----=----=----=----=----=-- Our example disk contains: -[root@obiwan mnt]# ll floppy/ -total 77 -drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Jul 26 12:02 lost+found/ --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9051 Jul 26 12:43 msdos.ko --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13660 Jul 26 12:04 ppa.ko --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Jul 26 12:46 to_load --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32108 Jul 26 12:04 uhci.ko --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6572 Jul 26 12:04 wacom.ko -drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 26 12:04 2.6.8.1-20mdk -drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 26 12:04 2.6.8.1-20mdksmp -[root@obiwan mnt]# cat floppy/to_load +[root@obiwan mnt]# ll floppy/* +2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb/: +total 541 +drwxrwxr-x 3 a a 1024 2009-03-09 12:09 kernel/ +-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 547480 2009-03-09 12:04 msdos.ko +-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 54748 2009-03-09 12:04 ppa.ko +-rw-rw-r-- 1 a a 79 2009-03-09 12:08 to_load +[root@obiwan mnt]# cat floppy/*/to_load # Update Drivers description file 3c59x # fat is a dep for msdos @@ -66,7 +64,10 @@ ppa ne io=0x300 irq=7 # New module [list_modules: disk/scsi] a320raid -[root@obiwan mnt]# (cd floppy/2.6.8.1-20mdk ; find -type f) +[root@obiwan mnt]# (cd floppy/2.6.27-desktop586-0.rc8.2mnb ; find -type f) +./msdos.ko +./ppa.ko +./to_load ./kernel/fs/msdos/msdos.ko.gz ./kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.ko.gz ./kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko.gz diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/WHY-DIETLIBC b/mdk-stage1/doc/WHY-DIETLIBC deleted file mode 100644 index e7c526b49..000000000 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/WHY-DIETLIBC +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -(the dietlibc is a replacement for the glibc, which aim is to produce -smaller statically linked binaries) - - -The use for dietlibc in the stage1 was clear because currently used -install process on x86 is from a 1.44 Mbytes floppy. On this floppy we -need to fit the kernel, modules (scsi and network access), and the code to -do the basic things to load the stage2. The only part on which we could -progress was the code. - -As always, figures demonstrate evidences. Here are the size of the -binaries used for the cdrom, disk, network and full floppy installs, using -newt as the UI library: - - - with glibc - --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 569448 May 15 15:29 stage1-cdrom --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 572264 May 15 15:29 stage1-disk --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 624712 May 15 15:30 stage1-network --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 720360 May 15 15:29 stage1-full - - - with dietlibc - --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 169332 May 15 14:26 stage1-cdrom --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 172180 May 15 14:26 stage1-disk --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 198612 May 15 14:26 stage1-network --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 251764 May 15 14:26 stage1-full - - -The `stage1-full' binary has code for many things, most notably: data -decrunching (bzlib), archive extraction (in-house format), module loading -(insmod from busybox), PCI detection, ide and scsi handling, -cdrom/disk/loopback mounting, DHCP client negociation (redhat+grub), NFS -mounting (util-linux), FTP and HTTP transmission (redhat), pcmcia -initializing (pcmcia-cs), UI interaction (slang/newt); with use of the -dietlibc, the binary is only 250 kbytes! - - -Due to the modular coding, it is also possible to choose to not use -slang/newt as the UI, but a stdio-only UI. In that case, the binaries get -even smaller: - --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 104500 May 15 15:46 stage1-cdrom* --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 107348 May 15 15:46 stage1-disk* --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 133972 May 15 15:47 stage1-network* --rwxr-xr-x 1 gc gc 187348 May 15 15:46 stage1-full* - - - -gc [Tue May 15 15:58:34 2001]
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/mdk-stage1/doc/documented..frontend.h b/mdk-stage1/doc/documented..frontend.h index 0e666d534..96e4dc8d8 100644 --- a/mdk-stage1/doc/documented..frontend.h +++ b/mdk-stage1/doc/documented..frontend.h @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* - * Guillaume Cottenceau (gc@mandrakesoft.com) + * Guillaume Cottenceau (gc) * - * Copyright 2000 Mandrakesoft + * Copyright 2000 Mandriva * * This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU * public license. |