NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/linux/10156

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!cwis!trussell
From: [e-mail] (Tim Russell)
Subject: Re: SLS package installation
Message-ID: <trussell.715939665@cwis>
Sender: [e-mail] (UNO Network News Server)
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
References: <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:07:45 GMT
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[e-mail] (Dave Seelmeyer) writes:

>their job, and all is ok so far. The problem is when I want to do a full
>installation (full base and X11). I have tried sysinstall -all and also
>doinstall /dev/hda2. With the first, it asks to insert disk #3 in the
>floppy drive and press return. Upon doing this, it repeats the message.
>It will do this 3 times and return to the prompt. With the second, it
>starts with the same disk #3 message and then responds with "magic match
>failed" or somesuch and comes back to the prompt.

    Peter doesn't want to admit it, but apparently even his own kernel
didn't get his patches right.  According to him, his kernel is supposed
to be patched so it automatically figures out what kind of a filesystem
it's mounting, but it doesn't work.

    Here's a fixed version of sysinstall that you can use.

#    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: Tue Sep  8 03:10:08 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.

# Er, 'copyright', that is.  :-)  Modified by Tim Russell to work.

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