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Hi folks,

I've extremely hesitated to report something that did work for me and now is no
longer working. I did perform extensive testing which trashed a dozed CDs,
even rebooting.

I've seen failure 1.2.13 (I have other problems with the other versions).
The following seemingly impossible statements are true.

* I have pointed "./new" to a meaningful directory, and made a working
boot 1.2.13 CD
*  it is not a cd recorder issue as I can make bootable CDs from both the
   original boocd.iso image and a previous bootcdnew.iso image
   I do crank down to "speed=4", to be safe.
* I am no longer am able to make a working CD image using "custom-cd"
   with a meaningful or empty "./new"
  For my most recent attempt
   I created a fresh dir from the 1.2.13 586 SMP .tar.bz2 file
   created an empty ./new dir
   booted without configuration media
  it got past the "Do you want to boot without media [y/n]?"
  at some point, it started a very fast never-stopping scroll of


kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-9653, errno = 8

The messages during the creation process were:

alan devil-linux-1.2.13-i586-SMP # ./custom-cd
Enter location of existing CD drive or ISO image [./bootcd.iso] ->
Enter your new ISO image [./bootcdnew.iso] ->
Enter where to mount your CD/ISO [/mnt/devil] ->
Enter location of directory with new files [./new] ->
Enter temporary location to hold the files [./tmp20001] ->

cp: cannot stat `./new/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `./new/boot/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `./new/doc/*': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `./new/config/*': No such file or directory
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/bin'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/boot'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/cd'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/cdrom'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/config'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/dev'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/doc'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/floppy'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/home'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/initrd'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/lib'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/opt'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/proc'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/rr_moved'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/sbin'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/share'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/shm'
cp: omitting directory `/mnt/devil/usr'
cp: cannot stat `./new/*': No such file or directory
Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
genisoimage: Unexpected joliet directory length 1342 expected: 1346 ''


As far as the other distributions:
   I'd use 1.2.14, but the 3 minutes it takes to realize there are no
RAID partitions
      on my diskless system is something I'd rather avoid.
   I'd use 1.3.6, but eth0 is not working (on a separate post.)
   I think I had similar custom-cd  failure with 1.2.14 or 1.3.6.

Any suggestions about what is going on would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Chip

Hi Heiko or whomever,

I had the same failure with the e100 module.

Thanks,
Chip


On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Quoting John Boden <sag...@gm...>:
>
>> Hi Heiko,
>>
>>> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
>> yes
>>
>>> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
>> I did not hand edit it, but I will gladly retype it here to avoid ambiguity.
>>
>>> cat /etc/sysconfig/nic/ifcfg-eth0
>>
>> DEVICE=eth0
>> ONBOOT=yes
>> MODULE="eepro100"
>> DHCP=yes
>> IP=
>> NETMASK=
>> BROADCAST=""
>>
>> & lspci shows
>> .. Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08)
>
> Use Intel's e100 module, that one should work.
>
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Hey,

Quoting John Boden <sag...@gm...>:

> Hi Heiko,
>
>> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
> yes
>
>> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
> I did not hand edit it, but I will gladly retype it here to avoid ambiguity.
>
>> cat /etc/sysconfig/nic/ifcfg-eth0
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> ONBOOT=yes
> MODULE="eepro100"
> DHCP=yes
> IP=
> NETMASK=
> BROADCAST=""
>
> & lspci shows
> .. Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08)

Use Intel's e100 module, that one should work.

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   Heiko Zuerker
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Hi Heiko, or whomever,

/etc/sysconfig/nic/ifcfg-eth0
under the non-working 1.3.6 5/31/08
is identical to that of  a working  1.2.13

Thanks,
Chip


On 6/15/08, John Boden <sag...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Heiko,
>
>> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
> yes
>
>> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
> I did not hand edit it, but I will gladly retype it here to avoid ambiguity.
>
>>cat /etc/sysconfig/nic/ifcfg-eth0
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> ONBOOT=yes
> MODULE="eepro100"
> DHCP=yes
> IP=
> NETMASK=
> BROADCAST=""
>
> & lspci shows
> .. Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08)
>
> Thanks,
> Chip
>
>
> On 6/15/08, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
>> If not, can you try?
>>
>> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
>>
>> Heiko
>>
>> Quoting John Boden <sag...@gm...>:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I'll retype what it says:
>>>
>>> --------------------
>>>
>>> #/etc/init.d/network start eth0
>>> Statring DHFP client daemon on interface eth0
>>> dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:50:8d:e3:63:9a
>>>
>>> #
>>>
>>> ---------------------
>>>
>>> It never says  "Starting interface eth0"
>>>
>>> I've setup the same way I did for earlier versions 1.2.14 & 1.2.13,
>>> loading the eepro100 module for eth0. (It does not start at boot either.)
>>>
>>> I'm fairly newbie, so I might be missing something obvious.
>>> Please advise me.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Chip
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Hi Heiko,

> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
yes

> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
I did not hand edit it, but I will gladly retype it here to avoid ambiguity.

>cat /etc/sysconfig/nic/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
ONBOOT=yes
MODULE="eepro100"
DHCP=yes
IP=
NETMASK=
BROADCAST=""

& lspci shows
.. Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08)

Thanks,
Chip


On 6/15/08, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> did you set up the interface via the setup program?
> If not, can you try?
>
> It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.
>
> Heiko
>
> Quoting John Boden <sag...@gm...>:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'll retype what it says:
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> #/etc/init.d/network start eth0
>> Statring DHFP client daemon on interface eth0
>> dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:50:8d:e3:63:9a
>>
>> #
>>
>> ---------------------
>>
>> It never says  "Starting interface eth0"
>>
>> I've setup the same way I did for earlier versions 1.2.14 & 1.2.13,
>> loading the eepro100 module for eth0. (It does not start at boot either.)
>>
>> I'm fairly newbie, so I might be missing something obvious.
>> Please advise me.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Chip
>>
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Hey,

did you set up the interface via the setup program?
If not, can you try?

It would also be helpful if you post your ifcfg-eth0 file here.

Heiko

Quoting John Boden <sag...@gm...>:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'll retype what it says:
>
> --------------------
>
> #/etc/init.d/network start eth0
> Statring DHFP client daemon on interface eth0
> dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:50:8d:e3:63:9a
>
> #
>
> ---------------------
>
> It never says  "Starting interface eth0"
>
> I've setup the same way I did for earlier versions 1.2.14 & 1.2.13,
> loading the eepro100 module for eth0. (It does not start at boot either.)
>
> I'm fairly newbie, so I might be missing something obvious.
> Please advise me.
>
> Thank you,
> Chip
>
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Hi folks,

I'll retype what it says:

--------------------

#/etc/init.d/network start eth0
Statring DHFP client daemon on interface eth0
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:50:8d:e3:63:9a

#

---------------------

It never says  "Starting interface eth0"

I've setup the same way I did for earlier versions 1.2.14 & 1.2.13,
loading the eepro100 module for eth0. (It does not start at boot either.)

I'm fairly newbie, so I might be missing something obvious.
Please advise me.

Thank you,
Chip

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd forgotten that I'd left a firewall running in that
virtual machine.


On 6/13/08, Oliver Niesner <dig...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Oliver,
>>
>> I do appreciate your help and do want to get into an argument,
>> but I would ask you to please consider the possibility that
>> I did follow the directions on the page you mention and that it did not
>> work.
>> Yes, I am trying to work with 1.3.x.
>>
>> Here is a picture of my most recent attempt:
>>
>> root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem# cvs
>> -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
>> login
>> Logging in to
>> :pserver:ano...@de...:2401/cvsroot/devil-linux
>> CVS password:
>> cvs [login aborted]: connect to
>> devil-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.92):2401 failed: Connection
>> timed out
>> root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem#
>
> I just checked the server before i answered and it worked.
>
> here are my log from 20s before:
>
> [root@notebook ~/man]# cvs -z3
> -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux co
> build
> cvs checkout: Updating build
> U build/CHANGES
> U build/LINKS
> U build/Makefile
> U build/md5sum.lst
> U build/replace
> U build/update_src
> cvs checkout: Updating build/config
>
> Maybe something with your network is wrong?!?
>
>
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>
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> Hi Oliver,
> 
> I do appreciate your help and do want to get into an argument,
> but I would ask you to please consider the possibility that
> I did follow the directions on the page you mention and that it did not work.
> Yes, I am trying to work with 1.3.x.
> 
> Here is a picture of my most recent attempt:
> 
> root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem# cvs
> -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
> login
> Logging in to :pserver:ano...@de...:2401/cvsroot/devil-linux
> CVS password:
> cvs [login aborted]: connect to
> devil-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.92):2401 failed: Connection
> timed out
> root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem#

I just checked the server before i answered and it worked.

here are my log from 20s before:

[root@notebook ~/man]# cvs -z3
-d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux co build
cvs checkout: Updating build
U build/CHANGES
U build/LINKS
U build/Makefile
U build/md5sum.lst
U build/replace
U build/update_src
cvs checkout: Updating build/config

Maybe something with your network is wrong?!?


---

Oliver

On 6/13/08, Oliver Niesner <dig...@gm...> wrote:
> John Boden schrieb:
>> UPDATE:
>>
>> I kept trying and was able to run both
>>
>> cvs
>> -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
>> login
>> &
>> cvs -z3
>> -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
>> co build
>>
>> They did not seem to accomplish anything.
>
> It works! Just read the documentation you can find here:
>
>> http://www.devil-linux.org/documentation/1.3.x/ch03s01.html
>
> I assumed that you will try to download the 1.3x development release.
>
> Regards,
>
> Oliver

Hi Oliver,

I do appreciate your help and do want to get into an argument,
but I would ask you to please consider the possibility that
I did follow the directions on the page you mention and that it did not work.
Yes, I am trying to work with 1.3.x.

Here is a picture of my most recent attempt:

root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem# cvs
-d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
login
Logging in to :pserver:ano...@de...:2401/cvsroot/devil-linux
CVS password:
cvs [login aborted]: connect to
devil-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.92):2401 failed: Connection
timed out
root@trade-desktop:/usr/src/lfssystem#

Thank you,
Chip

John Boden schrieb:
> UPDATE:
> 
> I kept trying and was able to run both
> 
> cvs -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
> login
> &
> cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
> co build
> 
> They did not seem to accomplish anything.

It works! Just read the documentation you can find here:

> http://www.devil-linux.org/documentation/1.3.x/ch03s01.html

I assumed that you will try to download the 1.3x development release.

Regards,

Oliver

UPDATE:

I kept trying and was able to run both

cvs -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
login
&
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
co build

They did not seem to accomplish anything.

Please advise.

Thanks,
Chip

Hi folks,

I just joined. This is my first time attempting to develop in a group like this.
I'm prolly missing something obvious to everyone else.

I tried running
cvs -d:pserver:ano...@de...:/cvsroot/devil-linux
login

& nothing happens after I hit return at the CVS password prompt until

cvs [login aborted]: connect to
devil-linux.cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.92):2401 failed: Connection
timed out

I'm using
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.13 (client/server)
under ubuntu 7.04 as a virtual machine hosted by gentoo.
(I wanted to mention gentoo, since ubuntu does not seem
like the OS of a developer.)

Please advise me.

Thank you,
Chip

>>> I'm going to add 3 lines of code to linuxrc in order to load all modules if the
>>> marker was found.
>>>
>>> It seems to be harmless. Do you have any objections?
>>
>>> +if [ -f /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES ] ; then
>>> +  /probe_all_scsi_modules
>>> +fi
>>
>> I don't have any objections, but I'm curious how/where
>> /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES gets created?  There doesn't seem to be any
>> other reference to it in linuxrc.
> I create the marker during initrd modifying.
>  I'm sorry, I had to explain the logic as a whole instead of requesting approval
> for a part.
>  So, the idea is a quite straightforward: if DL is installing from DL (i.e. the
> system was booted up from cd and then install-on-usb/hdd was executed) I'm able
> to define what block device/fs modules have to be preloaded - and I modify
> initrd in order to keep only necessary modules there. Then I set the marker
> /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES. So, since I'm not able to load only really necessary
> modules (udev behavior) I load all modules but remove unnecessary ones before.
>
> That's it.
>
> Please  inform me  If you don't like that addition. I'm not sure that it's a
> really brilliant idea and it must be included to our mainstream codebase.

The /tmp/ file won't exist on a normal CD boot, so it's not going to
make any difference for normal boots from CD.

So, I have no problem with the modification.

 - BS

Bruce Smith wrote:
>> I'm going to add 3 lines of code to linuxrc in order to load all modules if the
>> marker was found.
>>
>> It seems to be harmless. Do you have any objections?
> 
>> +if [ -f /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES ] ; then
>> +  /probe_all_scsi_modules
>> +fi
> 
> I don't have any objections, but I'm curious how/where
> /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES gets created?  There doesn't seem to be any
> other reference to it in linuxrc.
I create the marker during initrd modifying.
 I'm sorry, I had to explain the logic as a whole instead of requesting approval
for a part.
 So, the idea is a quite straightforward: if DL is installing from DL (i.e. the
system was booted up from cd and then install-on-usb/hdd was executed) I'm able
to define what block device/fs modules have to be preloaded - and I modify
initrd in order to keep only necessary modules there. Then I set the marker
/tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES. So, since I'm not able to load only really necessary
modules (udev behavior) I load all modules but remove unnecessary ones before.

That's it.

Please  inform me  If you don't like that addition. I'm not sure that it's a
really brilliant idea and it must be included to our mainstream codebase.

--
Serge

> I'm going to add 3 lines of code to linuxrc in order to load all modules if the
> marker was found.
>
> It seems to be harmless. Do you have any objections?

> +if [ -f /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES ] ; then
> +  /probe_all_scsi_modules
> +fi

I don't have any objections, but I'm curious how/where
/tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES gets created?  There doesn't seem to be any
other reference to it in linuxrc.

 - BS

Hello,

I'm going to add 3 lines of code to linuxrc in order to load all modules if the
marker was found.

It seems to be harmless. Do you have any objections?

--- $TMPDIR/initrd-old/linuxrc	2008-02-07 14:02:09.000000000 +0300
+++ $TMPDIR/initrd-old/linuxrc	2008-02-07 13:43:02.000000000 +0300
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@
 # we load the module to be sure we will be able to mount iso image
 modprobe loop > /dev/null 2>&1

+if [ -f /tmp/PROBE_ALL_MODULES ] ; then
+  /probe_all_scsi_modules
+fi
+
 \$GREEN
 echo "Searching for configuration media"
 \$NORMAL


--
Serge

>>> -        if [ "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
>>> +        if [ -f "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
>>
>> Good catch!   Please commit.
>
> Well, I'll try. (my development box is turned off and I still can't find an
> alternative one).

Don't worry about it, I'll commit it.

 - BS

Bruce Smith wrote:

>> diff -u -r1.44 mount_cdrom
>> --- mount_cdrom 28 Apr 2008 19:30:21 -0000      1.44
>> +++ mount_cdrom 3 Jun 2008 16:02:54 -0000
>> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
>>         fi
>>
>>         # check if we already have a config loaded
>> -        if [ "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
>> +        if [ -f "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
> 
> Good catch!   Please commit.
> 

Well, I'll try. (my development box is turned off and I still can't find an
alternative one).

--

Serge

>> I uploaded the most recent build of DL 1.3 to the FTP server:
>>
>> devil-linux-1.3.6-2008-05-31-i586-bs.tar.bz2
>>
>> The DL version was bumped from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 to correspond with the
>> new 2.6.25 kernel.  See the CHANGES file for more detailed update
>> info.
>>
> I've downloaded it and booted up an available VIA c3 based box.
> Works perfect!

Cool!

> There is a minor remark (or I've misunderstood something?)
>
> diff -u -r1.44 mount_cdrom
> --- mount_cdrom 28 Apr 2008 19:30:21 -0000      1.44
> +++ mount_cdrom 3 Jun 2008 16:02:54 -0000
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
>         fi
>
>         # check if we already have a config loaded
> -        if [ "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
> +        if [ -f "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then

Good catch!   Please commit.

 - BS

Bruce Smith wrote:
> I uploaded the most recent build of DL 1.3 to the FTP server:
> 
> devil-linux-1.3.6-2008-05-31-i586-bs.tar.bz2
> 
> The DL version was bumped from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 to correspond with the
> new 2.6.25 kernel.  See the CHANGES file for more detailed update
> info.
> 
I've downloaded it and booted up an available VIA c3 based box.
Works perfect!

There is a minor remark (or I've misunderstood something?)

diff -u -r1.44 mount_cdrom
--- mount_cdrom 28 Apr 2008 19:30:21 -0000      1.44
+++ mount_cdrom 3 Jun 2008 16:02:54 -0000
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         fi

         # check if we already have a config loaded
-        if [ "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
+        if [ -f "/shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config" ]; then
                 # load main config file
                 . /shm/etc-mods/sysconfig/config
         else



--
Serge

I uploaded the most recent build of DL 1.3 to the FTP server:

devil-linux-1.3.6-2008-05-31-i586-bs.tar.bz2

The DL version was bumped from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 to correspond with the
new 2.6.25 kernel.  See the CHANGES file for more detailed update
info.

 - BS

If you compile your own DL, please read:

I just made changes in menuconfig, under "build configuration", to
select either AUFS or UnionFS for /etc, but not both because of a
conflict between the two in kernel 2.6.25.

It is VERY IMPORTANT that you select one or the other and update your
.config (save your changes) before you compile next time, otherwise
you won't get either, and your resulting ISO won't boot!

If you're unsure which one to select, pick AUFS.  At this time, we
plan on using AUFS for official releases.

 - BS

Hi Andrzej,

Andrzej Odyniec wrote:
> Serge Leschinsky:
>>> Thanks, Serge. So I will try this and will inform about my tries.
>> Please, check the scripts I've attached.
> 
> But... I have NOT any success. I started soome days ago. I found this script s 
> on CVS distribution -- thanks. I did some number of compilations.
Hm.. As far as I understand your problem is not exactly with Netflow collector,
but the system booting.


> 
> But... even after compilation from completely clean system I can't obtain 
> working system. I will compile again, but please, look what I see on SOL 
> console when booting system:
....

>> Version 1.3.5-2008-05-27
>> Kernel 2.6.25.4
I'm sorry but I haven't tested DL with 2.6.25.x kernels.


>> Mounting SHM FS on /shm
....
>> Starting up final system...
>> aufs 20080519
> 
> And in this point all stops!
> 
> I checked with initramfs and result is this same.
initrd/ramfs works correctly but the problem is exactly in aufs. If I'll be able
to make a fresh build I'll try to investigate the problem.

--
Serge

Quoting Andrzej Odyniec <an...@ma...>:

> Heiko Zuerker wrote:
>> Quoting Andrzej Odyniec <an...@ma...>:
>>> Heiko Zuerker wrote:
>>>> Once the compile fails, simply try to continue with "make makefile" again.
>>>> Sometimes the scripts fail for some weird reason, I think procmail was
>>>> one of the ones which like to do that.
>>> I done it some number of times and after resigned. Now process is building
>>> ntop. Maybe 4 jobs is better than 8? Maybe conflicting dependences  
>>> are not so
>>> deep?
>> There may be some dependencies we were not aware of or 2 script trying
>> to do the same thing at the same time.
>> If you identify a 'problem child' let us know, maybe we can re-arrange
>> a few things.
>
> Yes. With 4 parallel jobs all build process go without errors and  
> created iso.
> But effect is the same, as I tried few days ago:
>
>>> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>>> Freeing unused kernel memory: 428k freed
>>>
>>> ********************************************************************************
>>> *                                                                   
>>>             *
>>> *                           Welcome to Devil-Linux                  
>>>             *
>>> *                                                                   
>>>             *
>>> ********************************************************************************
>>>                           http://www.devil-linux.org/
>>>
>>> Version 1.3.5-2008-05-28
>>> Kernel 2.6.25.4
>>> Mounting SHM FS on /shm
>>> waiting until usb-storage driver has initialized all devices ...
>>> Creating devices in /dev
>>>
>>> Searching for configuration media
>>> Checking for "etc-mods.tar.bz2" on "/dev/sda" ... mount failed
>>> Checking for "etc-mods.tar.bz2" on "/dev/sda1" ... success!
>>> loading configuration
>>> Searching for Devil-Linux CD-ROM
>>> Search list: /dev/hdb
>>> checking /dev/hdb Found on /dev/hdb
>>> Mounting SHM FS on /cdrom/shm
>>> Unmounting  proc
>>> Starting up final system...
>>> aufs 20080519
>
> ...and all hangs. If I pull USB pendrive, there is no difference.
> Heiko, how do You think, for what it waits in this momment?


Oh I have the same issue.... ;-)
Seems like the latest aufs has problems with the latest kernel.

Here's a workaround for now (forcing the use of unionfs):
edit the file tmp/ISO/cdtree/sbin/pre_init

comment out this line:
mount -n -t aufs -o br:/shm/etc-mods:/etc-cd=rr none /shm/etc

and remove # from this line:
mount -n -t unionfs -o dirs=/shm/etc-mods:/etc-cd=ro none /shm/etc

then delete the files tmp/.done_iso*
and do a "make makefile"

-- 

Regards
   Heiko Zuerker
   http://www.devil-linux.org



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