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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ my $uml_xterm = "xterm -e";
# apply special patches
my $version = "1.4.0";
my $date = "11.19.2002";
my $date = "12.20.2002";
my $gtk_perl_version = "0.7002";
my $home_rootfs = "$home/root_filesystem/";

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1.4.0 - 12/12/2002
1.4.0 - 12/20/2002
------------------
Had to add user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml to the path to allow --home to
The MTD Emulator doesn't work as nicely as before. Blkmtd seems
mostly broken, and mtdram needs more careful tweaking for total size,
though mtdram definitely still works. This is due to changes in uml
which will have to be addressed since the code for the mtd modules
didn't change.
Had to add user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml to the PATH to allow --home to
find port-helper, or otherwise root_fs complain. Have no idea why
this change exists with port-helper because wasn't the case before.
Also, added path for user-mode-linux/usr/bin to find the other tools.
this change exists with the new port-helper because wasn't the case
before. Also, added path for user-mode-linux/usr/bin to find the
other tools.
The biggest change is the command-line interface with the yard root
method. Now distribute your template and let others easily recreate
your root_fs without entering the gui by running "gbootroot --template
your_template" and this is a nice way to manage a distribution you are
developing. This all means the source packages are completely
automated now, which is quite awesome.
When root_fs_helper was running with the newer Expect.pm, and
consequentially the newer uml kernel it became necessary to get out

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README
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$Id$
Program: gBootRoot pronounced "bOOtrOOt"
License: GNU General Public License
The Makefile included with this source package doesn't figure out whether
your installation has the proper requirements. Type "make", follow the
instructions in the "Important Configurations" section near the
bottom of this page, and then run gbootroot. The program will indicate to you
whether anything is missing. If it doesn't work at all, it's generally due to
not having gtk-perl installed. If the user-mode-linux kernel doesn't work, it
may be an architecture issue. If you need to customize the
kernel, there are general directions in the README. If a boot or root method
are missing required programs, pop-up dialog boxes and information from the
verbosity box will give a good indication of what is causing the problem.
BUILDING
---------
Out of the box this program works with the i386 architecture, for other
architectures genext2fs and user-mode-linux will need to be compiled if
full functionality is desired. Eventually, the Advanced Kernel Section in
this program will be able to help with the uml compile.
If you can compile a kernel on your system, then you should have no
problems getting the Makefile to work, and if you are using the
sources for the Debian package, then you can always do an "apt-get
build-dep gbootroot." to automatically figure out your build
requirements. Gbootroot makes its own root_fs, when the output gets
colorful (blue and red) you know this is happening. If things go
wrong at this point you will want to look at the requirements below.
You will want wget installed because the Makefile attempts to download
the necessary sources and then places them in the sources/ directory.
This is what makes the unofficial Debian and RedHat source packages
unique, because usually another package would provide the necessary
sources since official distributions aren't always used online. On the
other hand, this is a FEATURE. Anytime you want to update gbootroot
to the current user-mode-linux patch just change the Makefile
PATCH_VERSION, run "make clean", and then "make".
The two root_fs created are root_fs_helper and Initrd.gz.
Root_fs_helper has lots of different filesystem utilities, but the
CRUCIAL ones to get the build to work properly are mke2fs and
mkcramfs. Here's a list of what utilities are included: mke2fs mkcramfs
genromfs mkfs.minix mkminix mkreiserfs mkfs.jffs mkfs.jffs2
These are the build-depends from the debian source package: binutils,
fileutils (>= 4.0), gcc | c-compiler, make, libc-dev, bin86, wget,
mkcramfs, e2fsprogs, reiserfsprog, genromfs, util-linux, mtd-tools
INSTALLING
----------
If you build the package as a non-root user, and you don't have
permissions to write to system directories you can always run
gbootroot from the immediate source directory "./gbootroot --home ."
or "perl -I . ./gbootroot --home ." if there is already another
installed version on the system.
To install on the system type "make install" and follow the
instructions in the "Important Configurations" section near the bottom
of this page, and then run gbootroot.
When you run gbootroot if a boot or root method are missing required
programs, pop-up dialog boxes and information from the verbosity box
will give a good indication of what is causing the problem.
REQUIREMENTS TO RUN GBOOTROOT
-----------------------------
Perl Modules:
#############
@ -34,63 +68,18 @@ Expect (tested with 1.11)
------------------------
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Expect/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expectperl
RPM version can be found at sf.net/gbootroot.
IO::Stty
--------
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/IO/IO-Stty-.02.tar.gz
RPM versions can be found at sf.net/gbootroot.
IO::Tty
-------
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/IO/IO-Tty-0.04.tar.gz
http://sourceforge.net/projects/expectperl
Binaries:
#########
Genext2fs
---------
genext2fs/genext2fs ( included and already compiled for i386 )
cd genext2fs; make ( other architectures )
User-Mode-Linux
---------------
user-mode-linux/usr/bin/{linux,uml_*} ( included and already compiled
for i386 )
user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml/{modules*tar} ( included and already compiled
for i386 )
user-mode-linux/usr/lib/uml/config ( kernel .config defaults )
If you use a different architecture you will need to read
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/arch-port.html.
Here are general guidelines for compiling uml:
Get kernel sources from www.kernel.org, and then get a matching uml-patch from
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=429. If you want to
match the kernel version used by gbootroot check gbootroot/Changes to find
out which version of uml if being used. You may want to load config when
configuring the kernel and use it as a starting point. There are good
instructions on how to compile a uml kernel at
http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/UserModeLinux-HOWTO-2.html.
When finished, put the uml kernel in the directory cited above and call it
linux; you can put the modules in a Replacements directory (see FAQ).
The helper uml_* tools need to be checked out from cvs and compiled with make:
(Instructions for cvs at http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=429.)
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/user-mode-linux login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/user-mode-linux co tools
cd tools/mconsole; make;
cd ../uml_net; make; chown 0:0 uml_net; chmod 4755 uml_net;
cd ../uml_router; make;
cd ../uml_moo; make;
Note: Please send the user-mode-linux-devel and gbootroot-devel lists your
experiences if you successfully get another architecture working. ppc has
been ported.
RPM versions can be found at sf.net/gbootroot.
Boot Methods:
#############
@ -125,7 +114,7 @@ have network capabilities.
Documentation:
#############
Documentaion and FAQ are in doc/html/index.html
Documentation and FAQ are in doc/html/index.html
Have fun!

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<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000EF" vlink="#51188E"
alink="#FF0000">
<center>$Id: index.html,v 1.103 2002/12/16 03:46:53 freesource Exp $</center>
<center>$Id: index.html,v 1.104 2002/12/16 04:51:36 freesource Exp $</center>
<p>
@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ alt="SourceForge Logo"> </A></p>
<img src="images/rateit80x18.gif" HEIGHT=18 WIDTH=80 BORDER=1></A></p>
<p align="center"><A HREF="http://www.softlandmark.com/linux/Administration1.htm">
<img src="images/Editorspick.gif" HEIGHT=34 WIDTH=99 BORDER=0></A></p>
<!-- <p align="center"><A HREF="http://www.softlandmark.com/linux/Administration1.htm">
<img src="images/Editorspick.gif" HEIGHT=34 WIDTH=99 BORDER=0></A></p> -->
<p align="center"><A HREF="http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=6996492&pid=r&mode=ALL&n=0&query=gbootroot">
<img src="images/Editorspick.gif" HEIGHT=34 WIDTH=99 BORDER=0></A></p>
<p></p>
@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ Download gBootRoot</h3>
<b>Newest version</b><br>
<em>1.3.6</em> available in tar.gz, deb, and rpm formats.
<em>1.4.0</em> available in tar.gz, deb, and rpm formats.
<br>
@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ hometown!
<b>Slackware or just doing it by hand</b><br>
<a href="http://freshmeat.net/redir/gbootroot/3075/url_tgz/gbootroot.orig.tar.gz">gbootroot source</a><br>
<em>Instructions:</em><br>
README and type make to install
README
<p>
@ -67,7 +70,9 @@ apt-get --yes install gbootroot or dswim -qxyz gbootroot<br>
after adding these lines to your sources.list where ${country} is one of
easynews, unc, telia, umn, twtelecom, belnet, cesnet, or switch. ex: telia.dl.sourceforge.net:<br>
<code>deb http://${country}.dl.sourceforge.net/gbootroot ./<br>
deb http://${country}.dl.sourceforge.net/avd ./</code><br></p>
deb http://${country}.dl.sourceforge.net/avd .<br>
deb-src http://${country}.dl.sourceforge.net/gbootroot ./<br>
deb-src http://${country}.dl.sourceforge.net/avd ./</code><br></p>
<p>
@ -122,8 +127,21 @@ make-debian-x11 debian package</a>
</P>
<P align="center">
<b>How to Use gBootRoot's UI</b></P>
<P><IMG ALT="" SRC="images/gBS.jpg" align="right">The most important button to
<b>How to Use gBootRoot's CLI</b></P>
It's recommended to use the GUI for prototyping, but if you already
have an existing template in your $HOME/.gbootroot/yard/template
directory you can reference it with "gbootroot --template
template_name" and this will create the corresponding root_fs in
/tmp/gboot_non_root_`id -u`/. If you want the root_fs to have a
different name use the --root-filename option. All these options and
more can be found with -h or --help or see the <a
href="#cli-help">reference</a>.
<P align="center">
<b>How to Use gBootRoot's GUI</b></P>
<P><IMG ALT="" SRC="images/gBS.jpg" align="right">Start gbootroot without
any command-line arguments. The most important button to
familiarize yourself with is the Submit button which starts the whole process;
dialogs are presented as the process continues asking you if you want to
continue &quot;OK&quot; or stop &quot;Cancel&quot;.</P>
@ -1574,6 +1592,37 @@ compression is done either in the ABS (not yet) or the ARS, the main
section is just used to put together the parts.
<a name="cli-help"><h2><a name="links">CLI Help</h2></a>
<pre>
Usage: gbootroot [OPTION]...
--help -h help
--template=name required option - template in default template dir
$HOME/.gbootroot/yard/templates/[name]
(defaults)
--method=name yard
--root-filename=name root_fs
--filesystem-size=size 8192
--filesystem-command=c "genext2fs -z -r0"
--uml-exclusively=on|off off
--uml-kernel=path $HOME/.gbootroot/uml_kernel/linuxbr
--preserve-ownership=y|n n
--genext2fs-dir=dir /usr/lib/bootroot/
--expect-program=path /usr/lib/bootroot/expect_uml
--root-fs-helper=path /usr/lib/bootroot/root_filesystem/root_fs_helper
--home=dir gui mode = without other options
cl mode = with other options
min: --template
(system kernel options)
--kernel=path specify different system kernel
--kernel-version=version specify alternative version
(print options)
--no-stdout don't print to console
</pre>
<h2><a name="links">Links</h2>
<ul>