[Mageia-dev] how to NFS+PXE

Sun Jan 6 23:54:22 CET 2013

Op vrijdag 4 januari 2013 10:08:04 schreef AL13N:
+> Op donderdag 3 januari 2013 22:14:51 schreef AL13N:
+> [...]
+
+after the rpm database issue i redid to make sure urpmi can run locally AND 
+network actually works.
+
+a quick refresh:
+
+[ ]# urpmi.addmedia --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 --distrib 
+http://127.0.0.1/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64
+[ ]# vi /chroot/mga3/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg # to disable updates and add nonfree 
+and tainted
+[ ]# urpmi.update -a --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3
+[ ]# urpmi --no-suggests --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 basesystem-minimal locales-
+en locales-nl urpmi
+[ ]# urpmi --no-suggests --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 dhcp-client iptables 
+radeon-firmware nfs-utils dracut vim-enhanced openssh-server # needed for later
+[ ]# vi /chroot/mga3/etc/dracut.conf.d/50-mageia.conf # remove network and add 
+nfs drivers
+[ ]# urpmi --no-suggests --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 kernel-desktop-latest
+[ ]# urpmi --no-suggests --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 plymouth mageia-theme-
+Default
+[ ]# rm /chroot/mga3/boot/initrd-3.7.1-desktop-1.mga3.img
+[ ]# urpmi --replacepkgs --no-suggests --urpmi-root /chroot/mga3 kernel-
+desktop-3.7.1
+
+it appears the background is gone, did i make an error somewhere? i expected 
+the plymouth to work better, now that the radeon firmware is present...
+
+
+in any case, next steps:
+
+> - setting fstab correctly
+
+i set the / first, then /proc; and then the other nfs mount points
+
+however, after booting, i notice this:
+
+[ ]# systemctl status systemd-remount-fs.service
+systemd-remount-fs.service - Remount Root and Kernel File Systems
+          Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-remount-fs.service; 
+static)
+          Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat, 2013-01-05 08:33:13 
+UTC; 13min ago
+            Docs: man:systemd-remount-fs.service(8)
+         Process: 511 ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-remount-fs 
+(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
+          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/systemd-remount-fs.service
+
+Jan 05 08:33:13 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File 
+Systems...
+Jan 05 08:33:13 localhost systemd[1]: systemd-remount-fs.service: main process 
+exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
+Jan 05 08:33:13 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Remount Root and Kernel 
+File Systems.
+Jan 05 08:33:13 localhost systemd[1]: Unit systemd-remount-fs.service entered 
+failed state
+
+
+no clue as to what i going on... is it because it was mounted rw directly? and 
+now it's rw too? no idea, it's no script and there's no info about it.
+
+>  - set a root password + regular user
+
+[ ]# chroot /chroot/mga3 passwd
+[ ]# chroot /chroot/mga3 useradd foo
+[ ]# chroot /chroot/mga3 passwd foo
+
+>  - install a dm (kdm)
+
+after locally starting sshd.service, i login remotely and use the following to 
+do task-kde4 and still skip some stuff
+
+originally, it was 2GB and 2000+ packages, with all the skip, i get 1GB and 
+~800 packages:
+
+[ ]# urpmi --skip libpulseaudio0,libalsa-plugins-pulseaudio,kde4-irc-
+client,phonon-gstreamer,lib64gstreamer1.0-pulse,lib64gstreamer0.10-pulse,gst-
+install-plugins-helper,digikam,dragon,system-config-printer,msec-gui,task-kde4-
+handbooks,kaccessible,kdegames4,jovie,kamera,kgamma,ksnapshot,kmag,kmouth,kdegraphics-
+strigi-analyzer,kmousetool,kruler,nepomuk,kontact,plasma-krunner-
+nepomuk,kactivitymanagerd-nepomuk-plugin,kdepim4,cagibi,telepathy-presence-
+applet,telepathy-kde-presence-applet,rfkill,wireless-tools,gnome-
+keyring,amarok,krfb,kopete,kppp,kget,krdc,kde4-filesharing,kipi-plugins --
+prefer pinentry-qt4,phonon-xine,plasma-applet-kimpanel-backend-ibus task-kde4
+
+this took quite a while... i believe that again, i have some sort of weird 
+slowness, that i've been experiencing since i upgraded the nfs server to 
+mageia2, will need to check this later.
+
+rebooting didn't start kdm, but then i didn't expect it. will likely need to 
+do that with the MCC.
+
+i did drakconf and selected display manager and start X on startup, then 
+removed xguest, and rebooted
+
+>  - try to do some autoconfiguring that happens during install (i forgot, but
+> i think a tool somewhere exists in drakxtools) (that should set the
+> keyboard to azerty too)
+
+I'm installing MCC completely, so that i can use the MCC to configure all 
+hardware. (considering the previous step, drakconf is already mostly 
+installed)
+
+went to deviceinfo on MCC
+then set keyboard on MCC
+then set autologin on MCC
+
+- LCD panel
+[ ]# urpmi lcdproc
+[ ]# vi /etc/lcdproc/LCDd.conf
+- wiimote
+[ ]# urpmi cwiid
+
+i also noticed some weird displaying artefacts, so i also installed kde4-
+oxygen-transparent, unsure if it actually helped
+
+>  - install plasma-applet-launchbutton
+
+installed, i copied over my images and settings
+
+>  - configure autologin
+
+used MCC for this
+
+>  - use the nfsmounts which have all my media
+
+fix the /etc/fstab and make the paths
+
+there is a remote-fs error going on.
+
+systemctl enable remote-fs.target seemed to work, but the first mount point 
+fails because lockd isn't started yet.
+
+>  - fix the look to what i want and set up multiple launchbuttons which do
+> the purposes and install the programs
+
+for me this includes xine-ui, firefox, etc...
+
+to be done:
+>  - fix xine-ui keymap to work with the wiimote
+==> i need to do some settings and then protect the file by marking it readonly 
+for the regular user as well (even if it's in his own homedir)
+>  - fix to have dvds autoplay
+==> i remember i did something for this, but i think i had to build my own 
+package cause this wasn't in KDE (or not yet/not anymore)
+>  - fix KDE to be suitable for TV and wiimote
+==> fonts larger, icons larger, drag treshold larger, single click setting
+>  - find a nice dark background
+
+
+my biggest issues are:
+1) it would be very useful for this to have a really generic inird(without
+an installer) to start from on the mirrors (in isolinux/alt0/ maybe?) 2)
+how the hell does urpmi with --urpmi-root handle dracut? why does it work
+like that and not chrooted?
+3) why are all these nfs drivers omitted, even though i can see nothing
+about this in the config files and directories? (in dracut)
+4) when doing dhcp, the network fails when booting causing it to stop booting
+5) nfs mount points don't work at boot time
+6) cwiid didn't have a startup script (i started to make one, it's not perfect 
+yet)
+