This gets things working nicely. Now exits sooner for root_fs_helper

because the nbd line no longer presents itself.  Makefile is almost
done.

BootRoot/BootRoot.pm

@@ -286,25 +286,6 @@ my $time = sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d-%02d-%02d-%04d",
 # Here's where stuff gets intersting, non-root users can create root_fs,
 # which is great for UML, and a boot disk.
 
-if ( $> == 0 ) {
-
-    if (!-d "$tmp1/gbootroot_tmp$time") {   
-	$tmp = "$tmp1/gbootroot_tmp$time" if err_custom_perl(
-		"mkdir $tmp1/gbootroot_tmp$time",
-		 "gBootRoot: ERROR: Could not make temporary directory") != 2;
-    }
-    if (!-d "$tmp1/gbootroot_mnt$time") {
-	$mnt = "$tmp1/gbootroot_mnt$time" if err_custom_perl(
-	       "mkdir $tmp1/gbootroot_mnt$time",
-               "gBootRoot: ERROR: Could not make mount directory") != 2;
-    }
-
-    # Why?
-    $tmp = "$tmp1/gbootroot_tmp$time";
-
-}
-else {
-
     # The Administrator just needs to add a line like the one below to the 
     # fstab for each non-root user who wants to be able to create root_fs.
     # In this example, `id -u` has to be the actual effective numeric user 
@@ -333,6 +314,8 @@ else {
     #
     # /dev/fd0 /tmp/gboot_not_root_mnt_`id -u` auto  defaults,noauto,user 0 0
     
+    # We call root, non-root, too, that's an in-joke.  Root should stay
+    # out the picture anyways.
 
     my $user = $>;
 
@@ -350,8 +333,6 @@ else {
     }
     $mnt = "$tmp1/gboot_non_root_mnt_$user";
 
-}
-
 
 # Verbosity is universal for all methods, and controlled by a scale slider. 
 # Yard 
@@ -896,7 +877,7 @@ if ( $option{"preserve-ownership"} ) {
 
 $ars->{uml_exclusively} = $uml_exclusively;
 ars2($ars);  #not used in function below    
-$ars->{preserve_ownership} = $uml_exclusively;
+$ars->{preserve_ownership} = $preserve_ownership;
 ars2($ars); 
 
 # links_deps()

BootRoot/Yard.pm

@@ -1573,6 +1573,9 @@ sub create_expect_uml {
 		info(1,"$x_count  $_");
 		$x_count++;
 		# Didn't need this before, but now do.
+		if ( $_ =~/Power down\./ ) {
+		    last;
+		}
 		if ( $_ =~/nbd.*module cleaned up/ ) {
 		    last;
 		}

Makefile

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ install:
 	chmod 0444 yard/templates/*.yard
 	cp -fa yard/templates/Example* /usr/share/gbootroot/yard/templates
 	cp -fa yard/templates/Helper.yard /usr/share/gbootroot/yard/templates
-	cp -fa yard/templates/Helper.yard /usr/share/gbootroot/yard/templates
+	cp -fa yard/templates/Initrd.yard /usr/share/gbootroot/yard/templates
 	install -d /usr/share/gbootroot/genext2fs
 	cp -fa genext2fs/genext2fs.c /usr/share/gbootroot/genext2fs
 	cp -fa genext2fs/Makefile /usr/share/gbootroot/genext2fs

Makefile.pkg

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ PATCH_VERSION=35
 UTIL_VER=20021103
 
 BASE_DIR=${shell pwd}
-TARGET_DIR=$(BASE_DIR)/root
-BUILD_DIR=$(BASE_DIR)/staging_dir
 SOURCE_DIR=$(BASE_DIR)/sources
+ROOT_FS_DIR=$(BASE_DIR)/root_filesystem
+TMP=/tmp/gboot_non_root_`id -u`
 
 KERNEL=$(BASE_DIR)/user-mode-linux/usr/bin/linuxbr
 IMAGE=$(BASE_DIR)/root_filesystem/root_fs_helper
@@ -92,6 +92,25 @@ kernel:
 
 
 
+root_fs_helper:
+
+	@if [ ! -f $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/root_fs_helper ] ; then \
+		perl -I . ./gbootroot --home . --template Helper.yard --root-filename root_fs_helper --filesystem-command "genext2fs -z -r0" --genext2fs-dir genext2fs/ ; \
+		cp -fa $(TMP)/root_fs_helper $(ROOT_FS_DIR) ; \
+	fi;
+	@if [ -f $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/root_fs_helper ] ; then \
+		perl -I. ./gbootroot --home . --template Helper.yard --root-filename root_fs_helper --filesystem-command mkcramfs  --uml-exclusively on  --expect-program ./expect_uml --uml-kernel user-mode-linux/usr/bin/linuxbr --root-fs-helper root_filesystem/root_fs_helper; \
+		cp -fa $(TMP)/root_fs_helper_cramfs $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/root_fs_helper; \
+	fi;
+
+initrd: root_fs_helper
+
+	@if [ ! -f $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/Initrd.gz ] ; then \
+		perl -I. ./gbootroot --home . --template Initrd.yard --root-filename Initrd --uml-exclusively on  --expect-program ./expect_uml --uml-kernel user-mode-linux/usr/bin/linuxbr --root-fs-helper root_filesystem/root_fs_helper --filesystem-size 4096; \
+		gzip -c9 $(TMP)/Initrd > $(ROOT_FS_DIR)/Initrd.gz; \
+	fi;
+
+
 modules: 
 	cd linux-$(VERSION) ; \
 		mkdir ../modules-2.4 ; \
@@ -186,4 +205,4 @@ remove:
 	rm /usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/gbootroot.xpm
 	rm -rf /usr/share/doc/gbootroot
 
-.PHONY: tools sources genext2fs
+.PHONY: tools sources genext2fs root_fs_helper_genext2fs root_fs_helper