roar-ng and Subito GNU/Linux 0.9.5 Beta
roar-ng-ii
Maybe it's too early to ask questions about roar-ng-ii:
After successfully running:
# sh roar-ng setup
I'm now stuck at:
# sh roar-ng download
busybox (subito 3 x86_64)
Error: failed to locate the package "busybox".
Error: failed to locate busybox.
After successfully running:
# sh roar-ng setup
I'm now stuck at:
# sh roar-ng download
busybox (subito 3 x86_64)
Error: failed to locate the package "busybox".
Error: failed to locate busybox.
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Yep, I'm aware of this problem. I'm currently trying to solve it - it's a problem with my domain, which prevents download tools from downloading package lists.
EDIT: I think it works now.
EDIT 2: I'm currently working on a new distro using roar-ng-ii. It's a console-only, live distro similar to Puppy, with heaps of console applications. I also have a Raspberry Pi (btw, the reason why you had issues with roar-ng-ii is the fact I moved all my stuff from hosting in the US to my Raspberry Pi, at home ) and I want to port this distro to ARM later.
EDIT: I think it works now.
EDIT 2: I'm currently working on a new distro using roar-ng-ii. It's a console-only, live distro similar to Puppy, with heaps of console applications. I also have a Raspberry Pi (btw, the reason why you had issues with roar-ng-ii is the fact I moved all my stuff from hosting in the US to my Raspberry Pi, at home ) and I want to port this distro to ARM later.
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Thanks, Iguleder, downloading now! Just a minor problem:
Error: failed to download terminus-font-4.36-1.rxz.
And I'm really, REALLY looking forward to your ARM port! But take all the time you need.
*currently building a retro-Acorn BBC Microcomputer round my Pi*
Error: failed to download terminus-font-4.36-1.rxz.
And I'm really, REALLY looking forward to your ARM port! But take all the time you need.
*currently building a retro-Acorn BBC Microcomputer round my Pi*
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Problem solved, it was a missing directory
By the way - I'm currently generating the first ISO of my new distro; all packages were built successfuly. It's for x86_64 and uses Ubuntu 12.04 packages, so it's possible to build a 32-bit flavor compatible with Precise Puppy once the 64-bit one is good enough.
By the way - I'm currently generating the first ISO of my new distro; all packages were built successfuly. It's for x86_64 and uses Ubuntu 12.04 packages, so it's possible to build a 32-bit flavor compatible with Precise Puppy once the 64-bit one is good enough.
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cool you wrote
that one write commands on the CLI?
so if I want to start Firefox instead of clicking on an icon
on a board window I call firefox to start by writing its name?
In such a system how does one know which program
it has when it have no menu at all? Sorry me so naive.
Way back in time MsDOS had a free? program
named Directory Control DC and later it turned into NC?
Or one was a rip of the other not sure. There one had some kind of
table list one had a system that looks like a Menu.
is that possible to get on your latest version too. How.
Ihave 64 bit now so would be cool to test it
but take your time. No hurry.
So it never start an X then. It is like old UnixI'm currently working on a new distro using roar-ng-ii. It's a console-only, live distro similar to Puppy, with heaps of console applications.
that one write commands on the CLI?
so if I want to start Firefox instead of clicking on an icon
on a board window I call firefox to start by writing its name?
In such a system how does one know which program
it has when it have no menu at all? Sorry me so naive.
Way back in time MsDOS had a free? program
named Directory Control DC and later it turned into NC?
Or one was a rip of the other not sure. There one had some kind of
table list one had a system that looks like a Menu.
is that possible to get on your latest version too. How.
Ihave 64 bit now so would be cool to test it
but take your time. No hurry.
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not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
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Yep, just like it used to be. It's sort of a tribute to the late DOS days - there were many text applications that actually have a user interface, like Ytree and cmus.
I got the distro to boot and fixed a few bugs in the build system - now it works flawlessly and most applications seem to work well. RAM usage is 32 MB
Now I'm trying to solve the last problem, which is Syslinux 5.00. For some reason, roar-ng II outputs defective ISO images that won't boot. I tried this boot loader on a flash drive and my machine reboots immediately - I guess something is wrong with it if other distributions skip this version. At the moment, I'm building a new image, with Syslinux 4.06. If it works fine, I'll upload everything tomorrow
I got the distro to boot and fixed a few bugs in the build system - now it works flawlessly and most applications seem to work well. RAM usage is 32 MB
Now I'm trying to solve the last problem, which is Syslinux 5.00. For some reason, roar-ng II outputs defective ISO images that won't boot. I tried this boot loader on a flash drive and my machine reboots immediately - I guess something is wrong with it if other distributions skip this version. At the moment, I'm building a new image, with Syslinux 4.06. If it works fine, I'll upload everything tomorrow
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yes that would be cool
I had this boot code for grub4dos for subito
title subito rootnoverify (hd0,0)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /subito/initrd.gz
kernel /subito/vmlinuz
initrd /subito/initrd.gz
Maybe your new one does not have any NTFS ability
built in so it only boots on ext2 and such linux partitions?
I had this boot code for grub4dos for subito
title subito rootnoverify (hd0,0)
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /subito/initrd.gz
kernel /subito/vmlinuz
initrd /subito/initrd.gz
Maybe your new one does not have any NTFS ability
built in so it only boots on ext2 and such linux partitions?
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not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
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It should be able to boot from anything, as long as both the boot loader and the kernel support the file system you use.
By the way, good news - this configuration can produce a bootable, beta-quality image of the new distro. A fresh git checkout of roar-ng II (and a small change: remove Irssi, gotta fix this) is required, as you can see in the changelog
The result image can be written to a flash drive using dd (or burnt, up to you). It performs quick, automatic detection of the boot device/partition - no need for crappy boot codes and no noticeable delay as in Puppy. Works well here
By the way, good news - this configuration can produce a bootable, beta-quality image of the new distro. A fresh git checkout of roar-ng II (and a small change: remove Irssi, gotta fix this) is required, as you can see in the changelog
The result image can be written to a flash drive using dd (or burnt, up to you). It performs quick, automatic detection of the boot device/partition - no need for crappy boot codes and no noticeable delay as in Puppy. Works well here
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I'll upload it to my web server, no problem. Testing a new image I built today - if it works well, I'll upload this one.
EDIT: grrrr. Live boot works, persistent USB boot doesn't. I'm currently working on a fix.
EDIT 2: problem solved! I'm building a final image which will be available through my repository.
EDIT: grrrr. Live boot works, persistent USB boot doesn't. I'm currently working on a fix.
EDIT 2: problem solved! I'm building a final image which will be available through my repository.
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I downloaded the file and tried to boot it
but it gave two different error messages.
mount: mounting /dev//sda1 on mnt/root failed
Failed to mount the root partition.
That was when I had the root=sda1 or root=/sda1
or root=/mnt/sda1 or root=/dev/sda1
I used this boot code and many others
I tested as many variants that I could imagine.
Then I tested without the root=
and got this error message.
Failed to locate and mount the root partition.
I made an usb manually as one do with Puppy
it has grub4dos on it and is fat32 most likely.
I made a boot directory with the right files.
It also say it fail to find the root partition. So I am not intelligent
enough to boot it. Doing DD is too dangerous
on the HD
I have Win Vista the boot is a BCD thing from
# NeoSmart NeoGrub Bootloader Configuration File#
# This is the NeoGrub configuration file, and should be located at C:\NST\menu.lst
# Please see the EasyBCD Documentation for information on how to create/modify entries:
# http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD
but it gave two different error messages.
mount: mounting /dev//sda1 on mnt/root failed
Failed to mount the root partition.
That was when I had the root=sda1 or root=/sda1
or root=/mnt/sda1 or root=/dev/sda1
I used this boot code and many others
Code: Select all
title shahor
kernel (hd0,0)/shahorboot/vmlinuz sleep=5
initrd (hd0,0)/shahorboot/initrd.gz
title shahor
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /shahorboot/vmlinuz sleep=5
initrd /shahorboot/initrd.gz
Then I tested without the root=
and got this error message.
Failed to locate and mount the root partition.
I made an usb manually as one do with Puppy
it has grub4dos on it and is fat32 most likely.
I made a boot directory with the right files.
It also say it fail to find the root partition. So I am not intelligent
enough to boot it. Doing DD is too dangerous
on the HD
I have Win Vista the boot is a BCD thing from
# NeoSmart NeoGrub Bootloader Configuration File#
# This is the NeoGrub configuration file, and should be located at C:\NST\menu.lst
# Please see the EasyBCD Documentation for information on how to create/modify entries:
# http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD
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not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
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Iguleder wrote:Full instructions are located here.
However, in order to make a 32-bit, you'll have to do one extra step: run 4buildpackage for each package mentioned here. Before you do this, you'll have to change the architecture (under conf/distrorc) to "i486" and remove all Subito packages from the package list. Once all packages are built, you can rebuild the whole thing with those packages included.
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All dual core AMDs support 64-bit. I'm not aware of AMD possibly disabling 64-bit except for some maybe some Semprons.8-bit wrote: But that, I kind of expected as I was booting it on a dual-core amd processor PC. But.... That PC will NOT run 64bit applications as it was built with a 32bit buss.
That's not correct unless you have a socket 462, which was never 64-bit.
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Yeah, I've given up that domain. I migrated all my stuff to my new domain and decided to drop this one.RJARRRPCGP wrote:Iguleder wrote:Full instructions are located here.
However, in order to make a 32-bit, you'll have to do one extra step: run 4buildpackage for each package mentioned here. Before you do this, you'll have to change the architecture (under conf/distrorc) to "i486" and remove all Subito packages from the package list. Once all packages are built, you can rebuild the whole thing with those packages included.GoDaddy wrote:
NOTICE: This domain name expired on 01/07/2013 and is pending renewal or deletion.
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Does Slacko 5.4 have most of the required dependencies already?
I know it don't have git and aria2. But PPM will tell me that git is installed already!
And Python appears to not be installed, despite PPM claims there's Python installed already.
I had it up to my knees with PPM!
Now, does Slacko 5.4 have all of the other dependencies already?
(other than advancecomp and optipng)
I know it don't have git and aria2. But PPM will tell me that git is installed already!
And Python appears to not be installed, despite PPM claims there's Python installed already.
I had it up to my knees with PPM!
Now, does Slacko 5.4 have all of the other dependencies already?
(other than advancecomp and optipng)
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You don't need any of these ...
I don't know what the heck you're trying to do, but Puppy has everything you need in order to run roar-ng II. If you don't have Git you can always download a tarball via GitHub.
I don't know what the heck you're trying to do, but Puppy has everything you need in order to run roar-ng II. If you don't have Git you can always download a tarball via GitHub.
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Thank you. Was just dealing with PPM issues and just reinstalled Slacko 5.4 last night.Iguleder wrote:You don't need any of these ...
I don't know what the heck you're trying to do, but Puppy has everything you need in order to run roar-ng II. If you don't have Git you can always download a tarball via GitHub.
It looks like git gets installed when I tell PPM to install git, despite there's text telling me it's installed already.
It also looks like Slacko comes with a failed Python install by default.