Re: Simplist way to boot only to a shell

Something should be wrong somewhere else, because filesystem size is
computed at runtime.
Anyway, just increase initrd_fssize_inc in PxesconfigModel.pm.

On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 22:14, Donald Teed wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I had this working in early January.  Now for some
> unknown reason I get an error from cpio
> about not enough space.  All I changed in
> the building dist area was a small shell script
> by perhaps 200 bytes size.
> 
> I run:
> # pxesconfig -c my.conf -i my.initrd --initialize
> --dontreadconfiguration --druid=0
> Initializing ram disk.
> Fatal error:
> cpio: write error: No space left on device
> 
> Looking at /tmp/pxes.initrd size it is 17 MB
> If I mount it, it does show 100% full.  What can
> I use to configure the initialized size?
> 
> I tried some values for INITRD_FSSIZE=
> in my.conf but it didn't seem to make
> a difference.
> 
> My temporary workaround was to uncompress
> my last good my.initrd, mount it, and copy in
> my new shell script.  That worked OK.
> But I'd like to better understand what is
> doing wrong with doing it the normal way.
> 
You didn't tell what is the normal way.
> One other change is that my system kernel
> (not used by PXES) is changed to a newer one,
> but still in 2.4 land.  Is there any thing in my
> kernel environment that could impact this?
> It is mainly a make oldconfig build, compared
> to the previous, from what I remember.
> 
> I'm working with pxes-0.9 .  pxesconfig v 1.36 2004/08/06 04:01:54 diego
> 
> --Donald Teed
> 
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:04:56 -0300, Diego Torres Milano <[email protected]> wrote:
> > There are other ways of obtaining this but I would do:
> > 
> > # pxesconfig -d my.conf
> > 
> > # vi my.conf
> > # set this
> > CUSTOM='/bin/sh'
> > SESSION_CUSTOM='1'
> > SESSION_DEFAULT='custom'
> > WINDOW_MANAGER=''
> > # check also that X_SESSION_* is set to 0
> > # disable other thins you don't want to be included
> > 
> > # pxesconfig -c my.conf -i my.initrd --squashed=my.squash --initialize
> > --dontreadconfiguration --druid=0
> > 
> > Voila !
> > A 3.8 MB image.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 16:02, Donald Teed wrote:
> > > I only want the PXES to bring up a shell enivironment, no special clients
> > > or graphical interfaces.  Rather than tracing the logics of the init.d area
> > > I thought I'd ask here...
> > >
> > > What is the cleanest way to get PXES to boot only to a shell?
> > >
> > > Is there a point in the rcS where is it safe to place an 'exit' and
> > > arrive in a shell, or is there another way to approach this?
> > >
> > > I don't need any services running on ths client, nor printer or sound
> > > support.  I just need network and local hard drive support.
> > >
> > >
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