[Server-devel] Who wrote http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Install_Server?

[Jerry Vonau]

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 21:28 -0500, George Hunt wrote:
> Thanks Jerry,
> 
> You've done what I wanted to discuss -- split apart the xs from a bare
> bones Fedora Core, and defer XS install until after firstboot.  

Well no, not really, the install is kickstart driven, usb-based with the
XS packages installed and configured at installation time. This release
is targeted for a single network interface, all the XS pieces are
installed but service such as iptables and squid are left
un-configured.    

> So I'll spin a FC16 iso, and try to get it ready to do a phase 2
> install via usbmount, and maybe tftp across the network.
> 

Once you have the rpms ported over it F16, having a repo on a usbkey or
elsewhere on the net is trivial.

> Do you know if there is a script that automates the rpm generation
> from sources at dev.laptop.org? 
> 

Sorry I don't think there is such a beast. Martin, any input here?


> It'll take a few days, since I'm relocating  from Calif to NYC
> Wednesday, and have  other priority tasks.
> 
> George
> 

Let me know what you what to do, I could most likely save you a bunch of
time.

Jerry


> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca> wrote:
>         On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 13:05 -0600, Jerry Vonau wrote:
>         > On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 12:40 -0500, George Hunt wrote:
>         > > Hi everyone,
>         > >
>         > > I'm new to this list.
>         > >
>         >
>         > Hi George:
>         >
>         > I'm the author of the XSAU-F11 based rework of the XS that
>         Sridhar is
>         > referring to.
>         >
>         > > I met Tony Anderson in Haiti, and again at the San
>         Francisco OLPC
>         > > Summit in late 2011. He prevailed upon me to spend some
>         time trying to
>         > > figure out how to rebase XS on a more recent Fedora Core.
>         > >
>         > > I just recently used pungi to gather together FC16 rpms
>         into an iso
>         > > using the kickstart file that came with XS-0.6.  What was
>         550MB in FC9
>         > > has grown to 775MB in FC16.  My initial goal was to create
>         a CD image,
>         > > that can be installed in the traditional way. But going
>         forward, even
>         > > if we can pare things down and fit in 690MB this time,
>         perhaps we need
>         > > a better strategy.
>         > >
>         >
>         > Think some of the issue is most likely that X is being
>         dragged in or
>         > some extra files on the image. What is the file layout of
>         the resulting
>         > iso image?
>         >
>         
>         
>         http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-xs-builder
>         is the new way of using pungi for the XS, my local version is
>         at:
>         https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au/repository/revisions/master/show/olpc-xs-builder/xsau-F11
>         
>         The key is to use the olpcxs-pungi.ks file to gather the rpms
>         and
>         exclude what is not wanted before rolling the iso. Please have
>         a look at
>         build.sh for the whole routine used.
>         
>         Jerry
>         
>         
>