NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/9488

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Path: sparky!uunet!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis!trussell
From: [e-mail] (Tim Russell)
Subject: Re: SLS Dist: What type of fs is used for the system
Message-ID: <trussell.715274636@cwis>
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Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:23:56 GMT
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[e-mail] (Divya Sundaram) writes:

>I installed the SLS distrib (quite painless once I READ the docs - good job)
>and It gave me "magic match failed" message whenever I stuck a new floppy in.
>OK, now in an earlier post, someone remarked that SLS tries to do 3 types
>of fs nad when it fails, it is suppoed to give this magic match failed
>message. My question is, which fs are we using for Linux 0.96 (SLS)?

    Disk 2, which is asked for again during a base install, is a minix fs,
the rest of the floppies are msdos.  Here's a sysinstall that I modified to
work properly even though the kernel obviously isn't doing what Peter said
it's supposed to.  (And neither will future kernels you compile).

#    This is a shell archive.
#    Remove everything above and including the cut line.
#    Then run the rest of the file through sh.
#----cut here-----cut here-----cut here-----cut here----#
#!/bin/sh
# shar:    Shell Archiver
#    Run the following text with /bin/sh to create:
#    sysinstall
# This archive created: Mon Aug 31 10:26:05 1992
cat << \SHAR_EOF > sysinstall
#
# Installation of packages from floppy
# requires:  tar, sed, basename, compress/zcat, mount and umount.
# copywrite Softlanding Software, 1992:  Distribute and use freely.

INSTROOT=/
INSTDEV=/dev/fd0

while [ 0 ]; do
    if [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" = "-instdev" ]; then
        INSTDEV=$2;
        shift 2;
        continue;
    elif [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" = "-instroot" ]; then
        INSTROOT=$2;
        shift 2;
        continue;
    else
        break;
    fi
done;

INSTDIR=$INSTROOT/install/installed
#INSTTEST=/usr2/dist
MNTDIR=/user

function MountDisk() {
    declare -i MountStat
    if [ "$INSTTEST" != "" ]; then
        test -d $INSTTEST;
        MountStat=$?
        return $MountStat;
    fi
    if [ "$1" = "2" ]; then
        FSTYPE="minix"
    else
        FSTYPE="msdos"
    fi
    for j in 1 2 3; do
        echo -n "Insert disk $1 into the floppy drive then hit enter, or q to quit"
        read ans;
        if [ "$ans" = "q" ]; then
            exit 1;
        fi;
        mount -t $FSTYPE $INSTDEV $MNTDIR  >& /dev/null
        MountStat=$?
        if [ $MountStat = 0 ]; then
            return 0;
        fi
    done
    exit 1
}

function UnmountDisk() {
    if [ "$INSTTEST" = "" ]; then
        umount $INSTDEV > /dev/null
    fi;
}

function InstallPkg() {
    if [ -f $1 ]; then
        echo -n "installing `basename $1 .taz`..."
        (cd $INSTROOT; tar -xzvf - | sed "/\/$/d" ) < $1 > $INSTDIR/`basename $1 .taz`
        if [ -f /install/doinst.sh ]; then
                sh /install/doinst.sh ;
            rm -rf /install/doinst.sh ;
        fi
        echo "done"
    else
        echo "$1 not found"
    fi;
}

function InstallDisk() {
    declare -i Status;
    for k in 1 2 3; do
        MountDisk $1
        Status=$?
        if [ $Status != 0 ]; then
            return 1;
        fi
        if [ "$INSTEST" = "" ]; then
            SRCDIR=$MNTDIR
        else
            SRCDIR=$INSTEST/$1
        fi
        if [ -e $SRCDIR/disk$1 -o $1 = Disk ]; then
            for FileZ in $SRCDIR/*.taz; do
                if [ $1 = Disk ]; then
                    echo -n "Install $FileZ (y/n/q)?"
                    read ans;
                    if [ "$ans" = "Y" -o  "$ans" = "y" ]; then
                        InstallPkg $FileZ;
                    elif [ "$ans" = "q" -o  "$ans" = "Q" ]; then
                        exit 0;
                    fi
                else
                        InstallPkg $FileZ;
                fi
            done
            UnmountDisk
            return 0
        else
            UnmountDisk
            echo -n "error: you may have inserted the wrong disk, try again (y/n)?"
            read ans;
            if [ "$ans" = "N" -o  "$ans" = "n" ]; then
                return 1
            fi
        fi;
    done
}

function RemovePkg() {
    if [ -f $INSTDIR/$1 ]; then
        (cd $INSTROOT; xargs /bin/rm -f ) < $INSTDIR/$1
        rm $INSTDIR/$1
    else
        echo "error: unknown package $1"
    fi
}

function PrintUsage() {
    echo "usage: sysinstall -all                * install everything: base + X11"
    echo "       sysinstall -base               * install full base: no X11"
    echo "       sysinstall -mini               * install a minimal base: ~3 Meg"
    echo "       sysinstall -rest               * install the rest of the base"
    echo "       sysinstall -X11                * install just X11"
    echo "       sysinstall -install pkg.taz    * install a specific pkg file"
    echo "       sysinstall -remove pkg         * uninstall a pkg"
    echo "       sysinstall -extract pkg        * collect pkg files into new pkg.taz"
    echo "       sysinstall -disk               * install all pkgs on a disk"
    echo "       sysinstall -disk DISKNUM       * install pkgs on disk DISKNUM"
    echo "       sysinstall -mount              * mount floppy"
    echo "       sysinstall -unmount            * unmount floppy"
    echo "       sysinstall -instdev INSTDEV    * device to install from"
    echo "       sysinstall -instroot INSTROOT  * directory to use as root"
}

function InstallX11 {
    for i in 11 12 13 14 15; do
        InstallDisk $i;
    done
}

function InstallRest() {
    for i in 5 6 7 8 9 10 2; do
        InstallDisk $i;
    done
}

function InstallMini() {
    for i in 3 4;  do
        InstallDisk $i;
    done
}

function InstallBase() {
    InstallMini;
    InstallRest;
}

function InstallAll() {
    InstallBase;
    InstallX11;
}

function ShowInstalled() {
    for i in $INSTDIR/*; do
        echo "`basename $i`";
    done;
}

#if [ "/" != $INSTROOT ]; then
#    mount $INSTROOT &> /dev/null
#    MNTSTAT=$?;
#    if [ $MNTSTAT != 1 ]; then
#        echo "error: $INSTROOT must have a partition mounted on it.  First use:"
#        echo "       mount /dev/?d?? $INSTROOT"
#        echo "       For example: mount /dev/hda2 $INSTROOT"
#        exit 1;
#    fi
#fi

if [ $# = 0 ]; then
    PrintUsage;
elif [ $1 = "-view" ]; then
    ShowInstalled;
elif [ $1 = "-all" ]; then
    InstallAll;
elif [ $1 = "-base" ]; then
    InstallBase;
elif [ $1 = "-mini" ]; then
    InstallMini;
elif [ $1 = "-rest" ]; then
    InstallRest;
elif [ $1 = "-X11" ]; then
    InstallX11;
elif [ $1 = "-remove" -a $# = 2 ]; then
    RemovePkg $2
elif [ $1 = "-install" -a $# = 2 ]; then
    InstallPkg $2
elif [ $1 = "-extract" -a $# = 2 ]; then
    if [ -f $INSTDIR/$2 ]; then
        (cd $INSTROOT; tar -czf - -T $INSTDIR/$2 ) > $2.taz
    else
        echo "$2 not found";
    fi;
elif [ $1 = "-disk" ]; then
    if [ $# = 1 ] ; then
        InstallDisk Disk
    else
        InstallDisk $2
    fi
elif [ $1 = "-mount ]; then
    MountDisk;
elif [ $1 = "-unmount ]; then
    UnmountDisk;
else
    PrintUsage;
fi;
SHAR_EOF
#    End of shell archive
exit 0
--
    Tim Russell                 Omaha, NE              [e-mail]
One of the richest men in the world made his billions selling a toy "operating
system" that is more accurately described as a glorified bootstrap loader.
                                                  -- Phil Karn