[Server-devel] Early F11 XS build

[Jerry Vonau]

On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 12:44 +0100, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>   -- the vanilla F11 kernels fail to boot on the XO -- expected?
> >
> > I think it should boot but I don't think the boot.fth is created but
> > its been a while since I've got around to trying it on my XO.
> 
Is this with anaconda or with your XO image? I've booted F11's anaconda
that was released on the dvd in my prior testing.   

> boot.fth is created from the kickstart file. The missing thing are the
> symlinks (vmlinuz, initrd) but I've created those ok. The initrd is
> clearly unpacked and exec'd but t never completes booting.
> 
> If it's expected to work, I can work on tracing WTH is going on. If
> it's known not to work for hard-to-fix reasons, well...

Around Aug 5 I created an XS iso that is bootable on the XO, uname
returns 2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i386 from tty2 in the installer.

> >>  - However, that means that making a bootable usb is harder for users.
> >
> > What causes it to be harder to make a bootable usb?
> 
> To clarify -- a bootable installer. Making a bootable installer from a
> Fedora DVD involves downloading the netinst iso separately and copying
> it into the USB disk.
> 
No, you just need files from /isolinux & /images on the dvd or disc1...
Doesn't mkusbinstall work anymore? 
Well there is one thing that should be updated for F11, to avoid
confusing anaconda over method/repo/stage2. Edit the sed replacement
line replacing method= with repo=, the inner workings are slightly
different between F9 and F11.      

Jerry