[distribution-discuss] MilaX HD install

[Moinak Ghosh]

Bernd Schemmer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >>  Not necessary. After installation a file called /reconfigure should
> >>  be created on the harddisk root so that upon reboot the
> >>  system/device/local service will do this cleaning up automatically.
>
> The service does only the devfsadm call to create device nodes for new 
> devices - it does not call devfsadm -C to delete the device nodes for 
> not existing devices.

   Ah, right it doesn't. But then why will you need to do a cleanup
   since devlinks when booted off a CD and those when booted off
   harddisk will be same on the same machine ?

   One scenario I can think of where cleanup might be needed however
   is if you do an install from USB. The disk device links can be different
   due to BIOS disk re-mapping.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> IMHO Solaris never deletes device nodes on it's own.
>
> regards
>
> Bernd
>
> Moinak Ghosh wrote:
>> Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>>
>>> Tests with Milax 0.3
>>>
>>> IBM Thinkpad T40 (Intel 32 BIt CPU)
>>>
>>> - boot from CDROM works
>>> - boot from harddisk: not tested (no free space on the internal disk)
>>>
>>> Packard Bell (AMD 32-Bit CPU)
>>>
>>> - boot from CDROM works
>>> - boot from harddisk works
>>>
>>>
>>> There's a new version of the Solaris Tools CD - maybe there are 
>>> tools that are useful for Milax:
>>>
>>> http://blogs.sun.com/partnertech/entry/solaris_performance_primer_introduction 
>>>
>>>
>>> ( I did not check the CDROM yet)
>>>
>>>
>>> After the frst reboot from the harddisk the device tree should be 
>>> cleaned up in a one-time init script, somethink like:
>>>
>>> cat /etc/rcS.d/S00cleanup_device_tree
>>> #!/sbin/sh
>>> #
>>>
>>> echo "Cleanup device tree ..."
>>> devfsadm -C
>>> devfsadm
>>> rm $0
>>>   
>>
>>   Not necessary. After installation a file called /reconfigure should
>>   be created on the harddisk root so that upon reboot the
>>   system/device/local service will do this cleaning up automatically.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Moinak.
>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Bernd
>>>
>>>
>>> eremin wrote:
>>>  
>>>> On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 12:23 +0200, Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>> Re: MilaX HD install
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes, about libhal I have forgotten ;)
>>>> Valuable remarks - we shall work!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>
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