From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26581 invoked from network); 18 Jul 2022 02:28:36 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Jul 2022 02:28:36 -0000 Received: from gaff.inri.net ([168.235.71.243]) by 9front; Sun Jul 17 22:25:46 -0400 2022 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([104.59.85.219]) by gaff; Sun Jul 17 22:25:45 -0400 2022 Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:25:44 -0400 From: Stanley Lieber To: 9front@9front.org In-Reply-To: <7FC1BA039C3F9AB7D2BB9CCB8157C145@thinktankworkspaces.com> References: <7FC1BA039C3F9AB7D2BB9CCB8157C145@thinktankworkspaces.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: abstract NoSQL method-aware database Subject: Re: [9front] Free Carrots #5: MNT Reform Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On July 17, 2022 9:56:24 PM EDT, william@thinktankworkspaces=2Ecom wrote: >Yes I made sure to unzip the archive which is obvious=2E I also made sure >to rename the image to 9fron=2Eiso > >I can cat the image to the sd drive and it boots up with 1=2E2G fs with= =20 >30G of unclaimed space or empty partition=2E Not sure how to reclaim that= =20 >extra space=2E=20 > >so inst/start was the plan to try to reclain that space but=20 >after it does mountfs I run into the following > >Preparing menu=2E=2E=2E% mount /srv/9660=2Edist /n/dist /n/distmedia///9f= ront=2Eiso >mount: mount /n/dist: unknown format >% mount /srv/dos /n/distmedia /dev/sdU7b1211/dos >% mount /srv/9660=2Edist /n/dist /n/distmedia///9front=2Eiso >mount: mount /n/dist: unknown format > >This is an uncompressed image=2E=20 > >I also just tried to build the iso from scratch but ran into other issues= =2E=20 > > mk /tmp/9fron=2Earm64=2Eiso >mk: don't know how to make '/tmp/9fron=2Earm64=2Eiso' in directory /sys/l= ib/dist > >Next is to skip mountfs and go to copydist=2E I think I will need to make= some modifcations > to /rc/bin/inst/copydist to get it working=2E But then I got a bit lost = with=20 > >disk/mkfs -z 16372 -U -s /n/dist /n/newfs /sys/lib/sysconfig/proto/allpro= to > >I guess bind the system root to /n/dist then try to run it or do somethin= g different > >not sure of the proto=2E I read it might be better to run=20 > >disk/mkfs -a -s dist proto > arch but I think I got an error on that > > > > >Quoth james palmer : >> On 17 July 2022 04:23:01 BST, william@thinktankworkspaces=2Ecom wrote: >> >I gave up and cat 9front-c5cf9b3e26033272c5f57b9a860c335e63786045=2Ere= form=2Eimg=2Egz > /dev/sdU7b121/data >>=20 >> that is a gzip archive, >> surely you want to unzip it first? try: >>=20 >> gunzip <9front-c5cf9b3e26033272c5f57b9a860c335e63786045=2Ereform=2Eimg= =2Egz >/dev/sdU7b121/data >>=20 >> - james >>=20 > > you can't expand the size of the sdcard =2Eimg, no matter how big your sdc= ard is=2E the purpose of running the installer is to install the operating = system onto a separate device (nvme, usb, whatever)=2E in the end you'll be= booting the kernel from 9fat on the sdcard =2Eimg and the root file system= from the other device=2E booting the kernel from anything besides sdcard r= equires more work nobody had done yet=2E sl