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diff --git a/doc/debian-live-problems.txt b/doc/debian-live-problems.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ca005d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/debian-live-problems.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ + +Always use the unstable version of live-build in your host build machine. At +the time of writing this means version 3.0~a67-1. You can grab the one-off .deb +here: + + http://packages.debian.org/sid/live-build + +### Errors when building flat ("plain") filesystem images + +When building a chroot-filesystem=none image, if you encounter: + + cp: cannot create regular file `binary/live/filesystem.packages': No such file or directory + +You will need to: + + mkdir binary/live + rm -rf cache/binary_rootfs + +If you don't run the second line as well, you will get the error: + + cp: cannot stat `cache/binary_rootfs/filesystem.*': No such file or directory + +### mksquashfs Segfaults in qemu + +mksquashfs always segfaults when run inside of qemu. Perhaps due to large +memory requirements of mksquashfs? + +One hack workaround is to install the squashfs-tools in the host build system, +then edit the file /usr/lib/live/build/binary_rootfs and around line 377 +comment out: + + Chroot chroot "mksquashfs chroot filesystem.squashfs ${MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS}" + +and insert: + + cd chroot + mksquashfs chroot filesystem.squashfs ${MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS} + cd .. + +Previously tried adding the following mksquashfs arguments, but they didn't fix +the problem: + + export MKSQUASHFS_OPTIONS="-processors 1 -read-queue 8 -write-queue 16 -fragment-queue 8" + +### squashfs image too small + +The Calculate_partition_size function seems to be too optimistic; sometimes +images will not fit in the generated partitions. + +Add the following below line 132 of /usr/lib/live/build/binary_hdd in your host +environment to add an extra 50MB to the partition size (probably way more than +necessary): + + DU_DIM="$(echo 50 + $DU_DIM | bc)" + diff --git a/doc/dreamplug.txt b/doc/dreamplug.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7f8fc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/dreamplug.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + +# u-boot Configuration + +You need a recent version of u-boot; search the internet for install/flash +instructions. + +Use the following boot arguments: + + set x_bootcmd_kernel ext2load usb 1:1 0x6400000 live/uImage + set x_bootcmd_initrd ext2load usb 1:1 0x6900000 live/uInitrd + set x_bootargs_root root=/dev/sdb1 rootdelay=4 + set x_bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 boot=live config username=torouter hostname=torouter live-media=/dev/sdb1 live-media-timeout=10 debug plainroot + +# Links + +Random notes on the DreamPlug: +http://www.madore.org/~david/linux/dreamplug.html + |