[sisela] Boot option attempts...
Chris Scott
chrisjscott at gmail.com
Thu May 18 13:56:58 BST 2006
I sent this reply to ChrisM off-list but in reflection I'm sending it
to the list to help people in future who search the archives requiring
similar help.
Chris
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From: Chris Scott <chrisjscott at gmail.com>
Date: 18-May-2006 13:54
Subject: Re: [sisela] Boot option attempts...
To: chris.mooney at kelleylog.com
Hi
If /floppy is empty then it sounds like you haven't mounted the floppy
drive to this point and I don't recall Sisela doing that automatically
but I could be wrong. Run something like:
"mount /dev/fd0 /floppy"
You may need to use;
"mount /dev/fd0u1680 /floppy"
as the floppy is in the non-standard format. Then run "mount" to see
that it is mounted and "ls /floppy" to see the files. If that worked
you can then proceed with vi and sync. This is more of a general
Linux problem than a Sisela one.
There used to be an IRC channel where we would discuss Sisela. If you
want more interactive help then bug me and I'll maybe resurrect the
channel. It died due to lack of interest but I'm still willing to
help others.
Hope that helps
Chris
On 18/05/06, Christopher T. Mooney <chris.mooney at kelleylog.com> wrote:
> OK,
>
> Many thanks to you ChrisS and Farmalar for answering... I
> tried going to the /floppy directory, running vi to create a boot.sh script,
> put my networking commands in it (ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask
> 255.255.255.0 up), and typing :wq to exit. I do an ls and see boot.sh there
> in the floppy directory. Now I do a sync as suggested, and reboot (using
> the reboot command, not ctl+alt+del). When sisela comes back up I go to the
> /floppy directory and do an ls. The directory is empty... Any Ideas? It
> never really seemed to access the floppy when I did the sync. If the
> machine was able to read the floppy it should be able to write to it,
> correct?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> --ChrisM
>
> BTW: Farmalar, your english is quite good. Don't knock yourself! I
> appreciate you even attempting it. :-)
>
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> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:15:21 +0100
> From: "Chris Scott" <chrisjscott at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sisela] Saving boot options
> To: "discussion of the Sisela networking boot disk" <sisela at earth.li>
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> Hi
>
> Did you run "sync" to actually write the file to the floppy? IIRC you can
> put BusyBox shell commands into boot.sh on the floppy and it will then
> execute them on boot.
>
> It's been a while since I've run Sisela but if you need better help I could
> fire it up and have a look. This list is probably your best shot for
> support.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> On 15/05/06, Christopher T. Mooney <chris.mooney at kelleylog.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am just getting started with Sisela, and am a mite confused
> > about how to save commands to be run on system startup. Sisela tells
> > me that if I save a file in the /floppy directory called
> > boot.<something> (I can't remember quite what the filename is, and I
> > don't have the machine I am testing out Sisela on here at work), then
> > Sisela will run those commands upon startup. I tried doing this, but
> > after re-boot, the file was gone! Of course this seemed obvious to me
> > when I remembered that the root filesystem is a bz2 image, I just
> > thought that perhaps sisela would save the boot command file back to
> > the compressed image file on shutdown. Is there a way to force sisela
> > to do this? Or do I need to build sisela from the sources or just
> > create my own filesystem image to load on the boot floppy? Any help I
> > can get here would be most appreciated. I think Sisela is ultimately cool
> and am really looking forward to using it!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
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> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 07:57:13 -0300
> From: "Farmalar" <farmalar at terra.com.br>
> Subject: Re: [sisela] Saving boot options
> To: "discussion of the Sisela networking boot disk" <sisela at earth.li>
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> Hello friend!
> I4m not expert on linux and I don4t speak English very well too, but I
> will tray to explain to you.Ok?
> You just need to create a fille in the floppy directory:
> vi boot.sh
> In my case, I put inside it :
> ifconfig eth0 up
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> and more
>
> I hope , I could help you and....
> sorry for my bad English....
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher T. Mooney" <chris.mooney at kelleylog.com>
> To: <sisela at earth.li>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 9:49 AM
> Subject: [sisela] Saving boot options
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am just getting started with Sisela, and am a mite confused about
> > how to save commands to be run on system startup. Sisela tells me
> > that if
> I
> > save a file in the /floppy directory called boot.<something> (I can't
> > remember quite what the filename is, and I don't have the machine I am
> > testing out Sisela on here at work), then Sisela will run those
> > commands upon startup. I tried doing this, but after re-boot, the file
> was gone!
> Of
> > course this seemed obvious to me when I remembered that the root
> filesystem
> > is a bz2 image, I just thought that perhaps sisela would save the boot
> > command file back to the compressed image file on shutdown. Is there
> > a
> way
> > to force sisela to do this? Or do I need to build sisela from the
> > sources or just create my own filesystem image to load on the boot
> > floppy? Any
> help
> > I can get here would be most appreciated. I think Sisela is
> > ultimately
> cool
> > and am really looking forward to using it!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > /**
> > * Christopher T. Mooney
> > * Senior Software Engineer
> > * Kelley's Logistics Support Systems
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> > * <mailto:chris.mooney at kelleylog.com>
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