Re: [gentoo-releng] Catalyst Woes

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

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On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 22:41, derek tracy wrote:
> Thanks for your tips.  I unmasked mkxf86config *-r3 and livecd-tools
> and am compiling the cd as I type this.  My first undertaking was to
> actually create a business card cd but I am going to hold that off for
> future releases.  I am actually going to make this a project.  The
> final goal is going to be a cd with X.org / Openbox that is made for
> pen-testing networks.  I have created a project site

Interesting.  In case you're wondering, there is a beta GameCD out which
uses fluxbox and xorg-x11 that I created, which is why I am probably the
best resource on doing this with catalyst on x86.  I will ask that you
keep any questions to the list, though, so others can benefit from the
answers, too.

> http://infoportal.dyndns.info
> Eventually I want to write a couple of howtos for the community, so
> others can do as I am.  After reading through all of the forums I know
> that there is a demand for more Catalyst documentation.

I agree that it needs more documentation.  Part of the problem is that
we're changing it so much and so frequently that the documentation gets
fairly outdated quite quickly.  I do have to give zhen a hand, as he is
currently doing all of the catalyst development and is doing an
excellent job.

> One last thing how did you guys get SquashFS to work on 2004.2, I can
> get the cd to make the ISO and start to boot but it crashes when it
> tries to mount filesystem, any ideas or maybe a link to the kernel
> config and the exact kernel that 2004.2 uses.

We are using squashfs 2.0 for 2004.2, which means you *must* run
gentoo-sources or gentoo-dev-sources as your kernel.  Squashfs 1.x and
2.x are not compatable, so if you have squashfs-tools-2.0 installed and
are using a kernel with squashfs 1.3, it will fail.  You can get the
kernel config files I used for 2004.2 from
http://dev.gentoo.org/~wolf31o2/catalyst and work from there.

> Just in case you are wondering the livecd project that I am working on
> is named D.A.R.T (Diagnostic Assault and Recovery Terminal)
> Thanks Again.

Interesting.  You might be interested in a project that we are
undertaking for 2005.0, which is a complete live environment, including
X and many recovery and security tools.

> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:25:36 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 14:20, derek tracy wrote:
> > > Here is my spec file you requested (livecd-stage2)
> > 
> > I also forgot one other thing... livecd/xinitrc... this allows you to
> > give catalyst a default xinitrc for your LiveCD, which is essential for
> > getting it to start the applications you want, unless you're doing all
> > the work on your fsscript.sh file.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > ----------------Begin-----------------
> > >
> > > subarch: x86
> > > version_stamp: 0.2
> > > target: livecd-stage2
> > > rel_type: default
> > > profile: default-x86-2004.2
> > > snapshot: 20040819
> > > source_subpath: default/livecd-stage1-x86-0.1
> > >
> > > livecd/cdfstype: zisofs
> > > livecd/archscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/x86-archscript.sh
> > > livecd/runscript: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/runscript/default-runscript.sh
> > > livecd/cdtar: /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/cdtar/isolinux-2.08-memtest86+-cdtar.tar.bz2
> > > livecd/iso: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/LiveCD.iso
> > > # livecd/bootsplash: /usr/share/bootsplash/initrd-livecd-2004.1-1024x768
> > > livecd/fsscript: /root/catalyst/LiveCD/fsscript.sh
> > >
> > > boot/kernel: gentoo
> > > #boot/kernel/gentoo/extraversion: foo
> > > boot/kernel/gentoo/sources: =sys-kernel/gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1
> > > boot/kernel/gentoo/packages: pcmcia-cs nforce-net linux-wlan-ng slmodem
> > > boot/kernel/gentoo/config:
> > > /usr/lib/catalyst/livecd/kconfig/config-2004.1-gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.3-r1
> > >
> > > livecd/unmerge:
> > >        autoconf
> > >        automake
> > > #       gcc
> > >        bin86
> > >        binutils
> > >        libtool
> > >        m4
> > >        bison
> > >        ld.so
> > >        make
> > >        perl
> > >        patch
> > >        linux-headers
> > >        man-pages
> > >        sash
> > >        bison
> > >        flex
> > > #       gettext
> > >        texinfo
> > >        ccache
> > >        addpatches
> > >        man
> > >        groff
> > >        lib-compat
> > >        miscfiles
> > > #       python
> > >
> > > livecd/empty:
> > >        /var/tmp
> > >        /var/cache
> > >        /var/db
> > >        /var/empty
> > >        /var/cache
> > >        /var/lock
> > >        /tmp
> > >        /usr/portage
> > >        /usr/share/man
> > >        /usr/share/info
> > >        /usr/share/unimaps
> > >        /usr/include
> > >        /usr/share/zoneinfo
> > >        /usr/share/dict
> > >        /usr/share/doc
> > >        /usr/share/ss
> > >        /usr/share/state
> > >        /usr/share/texinfo
> > > #       /usr/lib/python2.2
> > >        /usr/lib/portage
> > > #       /usr/share/gettext
> > >        /usr/share/i18n
> > >        /usr/share/rfc
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/man
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/include
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
> > >        /usr/src
> > >        /usr/share/doc
> > >        /usr/share/man
> > >        /root/.ccache
> > >
> > > livecd/rm:
> > >        /lib/*.a
> > >        /usr/lib/*.a
> > >        /usr/lib/gcc-lib/*/*/libgcj*
> > > #       /usr/X11R6/lib/*.a
> > >        /var/log/emerge.log
> > >        /var/log/genkernel.log
> > >
> > > -----------------End-----------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:34:56 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 13:06, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > The spec file that I posted earlier was my livecd-stage2 spec file.  I
> > > >
> > > > There was no spec file anywhere in the thread.
> > > >
> > > > > have got almost everything working I just have to find a way to shrink
> > > > > down the final iso and configure x.org automatically.  If someone
> > > >
> > > > Try adding mkxf86config into your livecd-stage1 spec file.  You will
> > > > then want to add a livecd/rcadd: mkxf86config line to your
> > > > livecd-stage2.  You will want to unmask the -r3 version in your snapshot
> > > > for it to work properly with xorg-x11.  If you want accelerated 3D, you
> > > > might want to unmask livecd-tools-1.0.5 from package.mask and also make
> > > > sure to add nvidia-kernel, nvidia-glx, and ati-drivers to your
> > > > boot/kernel/$kernel_name/packages lines in your livecd-stage2.
> > > >
> > > > > could give me a hand I would really appreciate it.  Also when you are
> > > > > emptying directories in livecd-stage2 how do you know exactly what
> > > > > directories are not needed or exactly what files the programs rely on..
> > > >
> > > > The only way to know is to experiment.  There is no hard and fast rules
> > > > for this, unfortunately.  It's pretty simple to guess that examples and
> > > > documentation can go.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >  I really need some insight on this.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:27:25 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > > > Attach your livecd-stage2 spec file, please.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 22:57, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > > > livecd-stage2
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:19:43 -0400, Chris Gianelloni
> > > > > > > <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 15:36, derek tracy wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Has anyone had any experience with Catalyst.  I am having a few
> > > > > > > > > issues.  The biggest one is this.  I am trying to create a bootable
> > > > > > > > > LiveCD with X and Openbox on it.  I have everything set up correctly
> > > > > > > > > and working great until I do the Stage2 run.  That is when it strips
> > > > > > > > > out X and everything else.  Has anyone had this problem before, or
> > > > > > > > > have any ideas on fixing it?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > stage2 or livecd-stage2?
> > > > > > > >
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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Operations/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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