Re: Using initrd as livefs_root

2017-05-20 Thread Mert Dirik
On 05/18/2017 03:12 PM, Daniel Lindgren wrote: Hi. A couple of years ago I found a need for using initrd as livefs_root, I sent a patch but it wasn't accepted (see https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2014/09/msg00080.html). Since then I've used live-build in Debian 7 to build images, manually

Re: Using initrd as livefs_root

2017-05-22 Thread Mert Dirik
On 05/22/2017 09:54 AM, Daniel Lindgren wrote: Hi Mert, live-boot initramfs hooks check the /live/filesystem.squashfs file by default. And you can add files to initramfs simply by appending it to the existing file (no need to unpack & repack). I already do this for quite some t

Re: Using initrd as livefs_root

2017-05-22 Thread Mert Dirik
On 05/22/2017 04:37 PM, Daniel Lindgren wrote: Hi Lukas, I just tried it and it seems like it's necessary to add the live folder explicitly to the cpio archive, i.e.: (cd ~/lbinitrd/binary; echo live$'\n'live/filesystem.squashfs | \ cpio -o -H newc) | gzip --fast > f

Bug#863388: live-boot: Added new functionality to live-boot: rootcopy, modularized filesystems, package installer

2017-06-01 Thread Mert Dirik
On 05/26/2017 07:04 AM, Bill Prochazka wrote: 1. rootcopy: This allows for one or more folders on the boot medium that contain a folder structure relative to /. before init, these files are copied to the rootfs. This feature allows users to make small changes to their environment (like wallpa

Bug#863388: live-boot: Added new functionality to live-boot: rootcopy, modularized filesystems, package installer

2017-06-15 Thread Mert Dirik
On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 01:48:05 + William Prochazka wrote: > Well, > > 1. Root copy is not a squashfs filesystem, so it allows for quick tweaking > and modification without having to "commit" your changes. This also makes > modifications (for the purpose of troubleshooting) much easier. > > 2.

Bug#863388: live-boot: Added new functionality to live-boot: rootcopy, modularized filesystems, package installer

2017-06-19 Thread Mert Dirik
as actually supported or not. It is often possible to rely on implementation details to use it in ways it was originally thought or at least publicly documented. On Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:47:56 +0300 Mert Dirik mailto:mertdi...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 01:48:05 + Will

Re: Multiarch live CDs

2017-11-13 Thread Mert Dirik
On 11/12/2017 10:38 AM, Borden Rhodes wrote: Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-image-amd64" amd64 kernel package no longer exists in 32 bit repository starting with stretch. You can still use 64 bit kernel with 32 bit user space by enabling amd64 foreign ar

Re: debian-live (jessie/stretch) Adding files to initrd

2018-10-22 Thread Mert Dirik
On 10/20/2018 01:19 PM, Stefan Baur wrote: Hi List, I would like to add two files (the same in two locations, actually) to the initrd of the image I am creating. Manually, I can do that by unpacking the initrd, adding them, and packing it up again. Maybe concatenating another cpio archive with

Re: Re: /usr/bin/env: apt-get: No such file or directory

2016-11-25 Thread Mert Dirik
> +# --debootstrap-options --no-merged-usr \ Are you sure this diff, starting with the comment character, really enables that option? Or is this a later diff after you've concluded it was not effective and re-disabled it?

Re: Shorten build process with live-build

2016-12-08 Thread Mert Dirik
On 12/08/2016 02:14 AM, Machu Chukov wrote: By the way: We tested using libeatmydata to make the build process faster, but it didn't help at all. Any ideas? Using eatmydata actually helps, but unfortunately several number of steps are needed for it to be effective. I'll try to summarize them

Re: Shorten build process with live-build

2017-02-10 Thread Mert Dirik
On 02/09/2017 10:16 AM, Andreas Heinlein wrote: Hello, I have to come back to that issue my friend opened a while ago. I finally found out why using libeatmydata does not seem to help (much) - the script functions/chroot.sh in live-build cleans the environment before entering the chroot and so a

Re: Package-list from a repo that redirects to https

2017-03-23 Thread Mert Dirik
On 03/24/2017 12:17 AM, AndrewCz wrote: attempting to add a third-party repo that redirected to https. It kept failing with messages regarding its inability to use https for the repo. Please add "apt-transport-https" to the list of packages and try again. If it doesn't get installed early enou