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| author | Pascal Rigaux <pixel@mandriva.com> | 2004-11-16 09:27:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Pascal Rigaux <pixel@mandriva.com> | 2004-11-16 09:27:18 +0000 |
| commit | 755e390a3e193a7c899db5a9e773cf403db31f50 (patch) | |
| tree | a09451bf815883687aababfab0ba5a9213524711 /docs/README | |
| parent | 12632bab895e9cd68493f120f44dbbfa6e3ab29f (diff) | |
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major switch from ramdisk to clp
- mdkinst_stage2.bz2 is now mdkinst.clp
- rescue_stage2.bz2 is now rescue.clp
- make_mdkinst_stage2 is now mdkinst_stage2_tool
(we don't keep the live when building the clp, mdkinst_stage2_tool is able to create the clp from the live, or the live from the clp)
- all stage1 images now need cryptoloop & gzloop
- the clp can be preloaded in memory or not (see MEM_LIMIT_DRAKX_PRELOAD and MEM_LIMIT_RESCUE_PRELOAD)
(for http & ftp, it *must* be preloaded)
- we don't uncompress the ramdisk anymore since the decompression is done on the fly, this makes the rescue boot much faster
- function get_ramdisk_realname() is replaced with macro CLP_FILE_REL
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README index d14120c5d..3d230af4f 100644 --- a/docs/README +++ b/docs/README @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ For one CD or a network/hd volume, please use media/main. Optionnally, you can modify ``media/media_info/rpmsrate''; this file manages the relative importance of the files, and thus their installation or not. -Also, mdkinst_stage2.gz must be remade if you modify files in install/stage2/live. +To modify the code of stage2, use "misc/mdkinst_stage2_tool install/stage2" to generate "install/stage2/live". +When you are done use "misc/mdkinst_stage2_tool install/stage2" again, the "rm -rf install/stage/live". See below for information about these files. ******************************************************************************** @@ -102,15 +103,13 @@ install/stage2/live live system used on certain installs. See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for more. -install/stage2/mdkinst_stage2.bz2 - for the ramdisk. live sytem in ext2 filesystem bzipped2. - generated from install/stage2/live tree using misc/make_mdkinst_stage2 - See ``Ramdisk or not'' below for more. +install/stage2/mdkinst.clp + for the compressed loopback of install. + generated from install/stage2/live tree using misc/mdkinst_stage2_tool -install/stage2/rescue_stage2.bz2 - rescue ramdisk. live sytem in ext2 filesystem bzipped2. +install/stage2/rescue.clp + rescue ramdisk. create_compressed_fs iso file this is the ramdisk loaded when typing rescue on boot prompt. - there is no live system available, only the ramdisk is used. install/images/*.img floppy boot images to use with DrakX. Use: @@ -160,9 +159,6 @@ set to developer (!)... DrakX uses .po files for its translation. A script takes the different strings out of the .pm files. It generates the DrakX.pot file which contains all the english strings to translate. -To add a new language, you just have to add it to lang.pm (if it's not there -already) and put the .po in the perl-install/po directory (see ``Ramdisk or -not'' to know if you have to regenerate the mdkinst_stage2.gz) ******************************************************************************** * PCMCIA install *************************************************************** @@ -170,41 +166,6 @@ not'' to know if you have to regenerate the mdkinst_stage2.gz) If the media you use to install is a pcmcia device, use the pcmcia boot disk. ******************************************************************************** -* Ramdisk or not *************************************************************** -******************************************************************************** -The DrakX install is much bigger than the newt one. So the ramdisk which was -used is getting big, and costs a lot in memory -(eg: the mdkinst_stage2 is 14MB - 23/09/99) -(update! now size is 21MB - 24/01/01) -(update! now size is 19MB - 26/04/01) - -| | newt | DrakX -|-------+---------+---------------------------------------------------------- -| nfs | live | live -| ftp | ramdisk | ramdisk -| http | ramdisk | ramdisk -| hd | ramdisk | live if install/stage2/live/usr/bin/runinstall2 is a link, -| | | ramdisk otherwise -| cdrom | ramdisk | live if memory < 52MB, ramdisk otherwise - -Where ramdisk is needed, if detected memory is below the limit allowed for -ramdisk (maintained in file gi/mdk-stage1/config-stage1.h; currently 52 Mb), -a failure dialog will be printed explaining that there is not enough memory -to perform the installation. - -When i say live, it means that the stage1 will *mount* the -install/stage2/live and use it that way. - -The ramdisk is used in place of the live in some cases. This ramdisk is filled -with mdkinst_stage2.gz - -For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite -high on cdrom drives) - -For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. - - -******************************************************************************** * modules ********************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** Modules can be found in at least 2 places: |