Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ550 OSRCD size

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Thu April 17 2003 21:09, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> Hi,
> While building an OSRCD for the RaQ550, I ran out of room on the OSRCD.
> There are so many patches that it eats up all the data space on a CD.
> I can get all the patches on it, but there is little room for anything
> else.

I've actually started building a "clean" OSRCD that puts all the RPM 
contents of each PKG into the list to be installed from the beginning.  
Nothing chews up the CD space like 3 or 4 35MB kernel updates that all end 
up overwriting each other... :)

The tricky part is making all the changes that the install scripts do to 
patch various things.  I've started with RaQ 4, but the same process could 
be done with any of the CDs.

> Someone mentioned uisng the PC's hardisk. I would like more info on that
> process. I suppose you make a directory /nfsroot-x86, which contains the
> contents of the OSRCD, configure the PC as a dhcp server and then, set
> the RaQ to net boot.

Basically, yes.  There's a little bit more to it I think - I started down 
that path once, to build a generic build server like they use in the 
factory - gives you your choice of base OS payload and all the add-on 
patches etc.  Never did finish it though.

Someone on the list had one working at one point though... maybe trawl the 
archives??

- -- 
Bruce Timberlake

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