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| * | Deal properly with the user enabling any optional/addon kernel modules....When the user loads a non-system squashfs module (for instance from the
optional or addons subdirectories) and this contains kernel modules,
then the kernel must be made aware using a "depmod -a" call.
The previous implementation did this at the end of rc.local but
that was too late in the boot process: the kernel needs to be aware
of the new modules straight from the start, so that udev can enable
the hardware which is supported by these new kernel drivers on time.
So the depmod call was moved to the live init script (inside the initrd).
|   Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-15 | 2 | -17/+17 |
| * | liveinit: use boot parameter "nop=wipe" to erase existing persistent data....Sometimes your Slackware Live develops issues because the persistent data
storage is conflicting with new packages or data which you added to the
Live OS. This can be fixed by erasing persistent data, thereby reverting
the Live OS to its initial state - i.e. when the USB stick was booted
for the first time.
For this purpose the functionality of the existing "nop" boot parameter
was extended to allow the '=' and specifying a value of 'wipe'.
Note that the persistent data will be wiped before the Live OS boots, and
it does not matter if you are using a persistence directory or a container
file for storing persistent data.
This wipe includes all your persistent personal data in /home/
unless you have moved your /home into a container file on the USB stick.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-15 | 1 | -0/+16 |
| * | liveinit: DEBUG=4 dumps you into a debug shell right before the switch_root....After doing your debug checks you can then type "exit" to exit
the debug shell. The init script will continue with the switch_root
and boot the OS.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-15 | 1 | -2/+3 |
| * | On 32bit, use the non-SMP kernel by default....You can define SMP32="YES" in the script or in its .conf file,
if you want your Live ISO to boot the 32bit SMP kernel instead.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-10 | 1 | -2/+2 |
| * | iso2usb.sh: use "isoinfo" instead of "iso-info"....It appears that other distros do not always contain "iso-info" which
is part of "libcdio". The "isoinfo" program ion the other hand,
which is part of "cdrtools" is more widely used.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-08 | 1 | -3/+2 |
| * | VERSION bump to 1.0.2. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-03 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | Add the 'live' user account to additonal groups "dialout,games,disk"....The "dialout" group is required for working with 3G USB modems and
ppp connections. If the user wants to play UNIX games, then the "games"
group membership is needed. And "disk" group was added for good measure.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-06-03 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | XFCE: do not copy optional/ or addons/ content into the XFCE ISO....We need to maintain strict size requirements to keep the maximum size
of the XFCE ISO below 737.280.000 bytes (703 MB) so that it fits on CDROM.
You can always add optional/addons modules later if you create a USB Live
medium out of the ISO.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-29 | 1 | -8/+11 |
| * | Some cosmetic cleanups. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-29 | 2 | -10/+9 |
| * | make_slackware_live.sh: add "-X" switch to generate the ISO with xorriso....For some people, an ISO generated with xorriso instead of using
mkisofs/isohybrid is more compatible with other tools or hardware.
You need to install xorriso separately, it is not included with Slackware.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-29 | 2 | -26/+59 |
| * | Silence a (harmless) error during network boot....We bind-mount /run if we started dhcpcd - so it can not be un-mounted
at the end of the init.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-29 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | VERSION bump to 1.0.1. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-28 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | Ensure that a PXE-booted Slackware Live will shutdown properly....In case of network boot, do not kill the network, umount NFS prematurely
or stop udevd on shutdown.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-28 | 1 | -0/+10 |
| * | XFCE: take into account that the 32bit ISO does not contain a SMP kernel....In order to successfully generate a 32bit ISO of the small XFCE variant,
the variable SMP32 needs to be set to "NO" because the package for the SMP
kernel will not be added (due to size constraints).
Example commandline to achieve this:
SMP32=NO ./make_slackware_live.sh -d XFCE -a i586
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-27 | 1 | -1/+5 |
| * | slackpkg+: my package repository is no longer hosted on taper but on bear....The URLs mentioning 'taper' instead of 'bear' will still work because
the webserver on taper will do automatic redirection to bear.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-19 | 1 | -3/+3 |
| * | README.txt: the git repository is no longer hosted on taper but on bear. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-18 | 1 | -2/+2 |
| * | README.txt: small fixes to sync this document with the Wiki version. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-18 | 1 | -5/+7 |
| * | Git rid of a (harmless) error message during boot. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-18 | 1 | -4/+8 |
| * | Slackware Live Edition: version 1.0.0....I think this 'liveslak' product is in a pretty stable state now.
1.0.0 | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-17 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | Call 'depmod' when a loaded optional/addon contains kernel modules. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-17 | 2 | -4/+18 |
| * | Fix logic errors in 'if' statements when looking for wildcard files. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-17 | 1 | -3/+3 |
| * | README.txt: mention the new 'ssh' tweak....Allows the user to start the SSH server, now that it is disabled by default.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-17 | 1 | -0/+1 |
| * | Disable the SSH daemon by default and use a tweak to start it on demand....The passwords for users 'live' and 'root' are easy to guess.
When you use the Slackware Live Edition on a public network,
you do not want people to use an exposed SSH login.
If you still want to have the SSH daemon enabled on boot, use the
'tweak' boot parameter and provide a 'ssh' value as follows:
"tweak=ssh"
This can be combined with other tweaks of course, all comma-separated.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-17 | 2 | -1/+6 |
| * | Update the syslinux and grub help files with the new 'tweaks' option. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-14 | 2 | -4/+8 |
| * | Bump VERSION to 0.9.1. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-13 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | README.txt: added 'tweaks' boot parameter and deprecated 'nga' boot parameter. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-13 | 1 | -2/+4 |
| * | liveinit: deprecate "nga" boot parameter and add "tweaks" parameter instead....The functionality of the old "nga" parameter is now implemented as a "tweak".
Tweaks are customizations that cater to specific hardware needs.
Syntax: tweaks=tweak1[,tweak2,[,...]]
Example: tweaks=nga,tpb
Currently implemented tweaks:
- nga => no glamor acceleration (X.Org tweak).
- tpb => enable TrackPoint scrolling while holding down middle mouse button.
- syn => start the syndaemon for better support of Synaptics touchpads.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-13 | 1 | -11/+68 |
| * | makemod: add interactive mode (-i switch) to prevent overwriting module file....Default behaviour of makemod is to overwrite the destination squashfs module
without asking. When adding the '-i' switch to the 'makemod' command,
the script will ask explicitly whether it is allowed to overwrite an
existing file.
Also added is a '-h' switch which shows help on using the script.
Bugfix: add "-noappend" to the squashfs command in the script to avoid
adding new data to an existing squashfs module.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-13 | 1 | -3/+55 |
| * | Fixes for the broken 'load/noload' boot parameters and rootcopy location....Provided by GigglesUK, thanks.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-12 | 3 | -7/+6 |
| * | README.txt: fixes and updates. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-06 | 1 | -12/+19 |
| * | iso2usb.sh: script should be able to run on older OS-es too. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-06 | 1 | -2/+6 |
| * | Slackware Live Edition: version 0.9.0....And it is ready for a stable 1.0.0 version if no further bugs are uncovered.
0.9.0 | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | README.txt: suggest 'toram' boot parameter when running a PXE server. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -0/+2 |
| * | Without 'fsid' option nfsd refuses to export the filesystem if it is RAM based....The number '14' used in the script could be any (unique) low-range number.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -1/+3 |
| * | pxeserver: minor polishing. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -2/+2 |
| * | liveinit: allow PXE server to work even when the Live media is copied to RAM. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -6/+14 |
| * | iso2usb.sh: show some progress info when copying files from ISO to USB. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -2/+7 |
| * | XFCE: routed is needed for the PXE server....Packages added:
+ netkit-ftp
+ netkit-routed
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -0/+2 |
| * | README.txt: update the documentation for the new PXE server functionality. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 3 | -0/+60 |
| * | Add PXE server infrastructure....See the README.txt for instructions on how to use the 'pxeserver' script
and what it can do for you.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 2 | -0/+731 |
| * | Silence one "cd -". | Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | liveinit: when network-booting, add MAC address as suffix to the hostname....This default behaviour can be prohibited by applying an extended 'hostname'
boot parameter as follows:
hostname=your_custom_hostname,fixed
The qualifier 'fixed' after the comma will prevent the hostname from being
changed to something else than 'your_custom_hostname'.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -1/+20 |
| * | SYSLINUX: add a 'clear screen' command at the top of the syslinux message....Results in a nicer looking welcome screen when you boot the Live OS
without the graphical syslinux menu.
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 1 | -1/+1 |
| * | XFCE: add some network tools, remove some entertainment (to stay below 703MB)....Added packages:
+ bind
+ dnsmasq
+ idnkit
+ traceroute
Removed packages:
- xfractint
- xlockmore
- xmms
The XFCE ISO has xaos as alternative to xfractint. The xlockmore program
is not used anyway (we have xscreensaver).
XMMS was a hard call but there's audacious still.
In return, you get useful stuff like nslookup and host, and dnsmasq is
required by the PXE server (soon to be added).
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-05-05 | 2 | -3/+7 |
| * | Update the 'timeconfig' script in make_slackware_live.sh, not in liveinit. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-29 | 2 | -2/+9 |
| * | Do not specify heads/sectors when calling "isohybrid -u"....The resulting ISO will boot on real hardware as well as in virtualizers
like QEMU, VirtualBox and VMWare Player, despite the warning shown by
isohybrid that the ISO has more than 1024 cilynders and not all BIOSes
will be able to boot it.
Specifying sectors/heads to stay "standard compliant" will generate ISO
files that fail to boot in VirtualBox if the ISO filesize is larger
than roughly 1 GB, spitting out the error "VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED".
| Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-27 | 1 | -17/+1 |
| * | Deal with custom timezones (non-UTC) in KDE4 and PLASMA5. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-27 | 2 | -0/+30 |
| * | Update syslinux & grub help files with latest boot parameter info. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-24 | 5 | -3/+40 |
| * | Fix the package list for PLASMA5. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-24 | 1 | -2/+1 |
| * | make_slackware_live.sh: accept custom ISO filename without full pathname. | Eric Hameleers | 2016-04-24 | 1 | -3/+3 |
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