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[Dragora-bug] Progress on D3 and things to do
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Matias A. Fonzo |
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[Dragora-bug] Progress on D3 and things to do |
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Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:52:40 -0300 |
Hello,
A few days ago sysvinit was added on the devel branch along with perp.
Sysvinit serves as the process number 1, while perp will serves for any
long-running program, normally to start at system boot and continue
running until system shutdown, monitoring any provided `service'. Right
now I am close to completing the basic and essential scripts to start
and stop the system for sysvinit. Also doing some testings with perp.
(Far from what I can say, the result seems to be a simple and powerful
combination.).
This step is necessary if we want to have a system that boots, as part
of it, it is necessary to complete some things (if someone is
interested) it is possible to discuss it. Here some things to do:
- Boot loader
We need to include a boot loader with UEFI support, present in
newer machines. Can be: syslinux, (e)lilo, grub, gujin, or ...
- Live CD
The motivation of this is to have a running system with all the
applications available. The installation would be optional, at this
point we need also write the installer in the live cd mode - adapt the
installer of Dragora 2, or write a new one.
If anyone has experience making live CDs...
- Initram generator and kernel image
Of course, a pre-configured kernel image is required. The idea is to
provide a generic image with the flexibility of an initrd[1]. The
problem is that we don't have a tool to do that. We can create a new
one (that is not precisely the wished thing), or we can take a look for
an existing implementation. Maybe dracut[2]?.
Sorry for the misspellings.
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd
[2] http://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
Any help, idea, opinion or suggestion is appreciated.
Thanks,
Matias
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