RE: [cobalt-users] RaQ550 OSRCD size

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Bruce Timberlake
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 1:12 AM
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> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ550 OSRCD size
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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??
> 
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> Bruce Timberlake
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Bruce,

This is a little OT, but since you seem to be the GURU of OSRCDs, I'm
hoping you will be able to answer this for me. 

Would it be possible to create an OSRCD (I'm particularly interested in
a RaQ4r disc) that will ask for the spec file to be read from the floppy
drive? I have compiled SO MANY OSRCDs in the last two weeks just to
change the spec file, I am going bankrupt! It would be really nice if I
could just modify the file, stick in a new floppy and try the install
again.

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Greg O'Lone, President
Stretched Out Software, Inc
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