Mandrakelinux GlobeTrotter, powered by LaCie Mobile Hard Drive project ====================================================================== Requirements: ============= 1) packages: ------------ you need to have the distro repositery mounted in /export. on top of the mdk10.0 base + its updates, the following packages were updated from cooker: - misc bug fixes: o drakconf-10-13mdk o {drakxtools,harddrake}*-10-34.2mdk o mdkonline-1.1-2.1.100mdk o menudrake-0.7.4-8mdk o perl-Libconf*-0.33-2mdk o rpmdrake-2.1.3-5mdk o initscripts-7.06-49.1mdk: * usb starting when usb host drivers were loaded by initrd * fix larsen on laptops - root=LABEL=foobar and boot from USB support: o mkinitrd-3.5.18-10mdk o bootloader-utils-1.7-1mdk - coexistance: o glibc with /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ support o ATI driver o NIVIDIA driver - new packages: o kdetv, libkdevideo - should we also take new kernel? Note: once you've updated some packages, you need to run "gendistrib /export". 2) local checkout of drakx: --------------------------- you need a copy of gi/perl-install in ../perl-install as well as gi/mdk-stage1. you need to install the following packages: gcc, e2fsprogs, ldetect-devel, libext2fs2-devel, libxfree86-devel, perl-devel, perl-URPM, rpm-devel, rpmtools, and urpmi. then you need to type "make c" in ../perl-install. last but not least, you need to copy list_modules from gi/kernel into perl-inst�all and gi/mdk-stage1/pcmcia_/probe.c into perl-install/c. Building the hd image: ====================== just type ./make_live it'll reformat the hard disk, mount it and install packages