[Pardus-devel] Pardus 2008 RootFS 0.1

[Ekin Meroğlu]

Hi;

On the way to Pardus 2008, there has been a huge update on core components - 
so it became very hard to work on devel and the new 2008 repo for developers. 
So we've released a custom rootFS including the new system.base and 
system.devel components, kernel 2.6.24.2, vi and subversion packages...

This rootfs is intended to be used for a base system during package cleanup 
and adaptation process during the Pardus 2008 Phase. As we move on with other 
components, we'll be releasing  weekly developer install CDs as usual. 
 
Developers will have to install and boot into this rootfs to work - it's not 
possible to chroot to Pardus 2008 toolchain from Pardus 2007 platforms 
(unless you use a 2.6.24 kernel of course). It will be convenient to use a 
virtualization solution such as Virtualbox, as it is ready in 2007 repo and 
very easy to prepare a working Pardus 2008 setup. Below are the brief 
instructions for installing rootFS under Virtualbox - similar steps are 
required for a real disc partition install, but the device names and GRUB 
configurations should be adjusted accordingly..

Pardus 2008-RootFS 0.1 can be dowloaded from here [0], all PiSi packages 
included in this rootfs and a bit more (kernel-debug, kernel-source) are here 
[1].    

Installing Pardus 2008-RootFS 0.1 :

* Prepare the required disc : For Virtualbox, add a new virtual disc to the 
virtual machine you'll be using.

* Boot the virtual machine with a Pardus CD, fire up a console and login as 
root.

* Prepare a partition and format it : 
      
	# fdisk /dev/hda
      	# mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1 -m 1 -L PARDUS_2008

You should create a primary partition occupying full disc in the first step. 
If you're using a real system and disc partition, adjust device names 
accordingly. 

* Mount the partition:

      	# mkdir target
      	# mount /dev/hda1 target

* Transfer rootFS Image (you'll have to configure your network beforehand) :

      	# wget [ftp/sftp/....]

* Extract the image:

      	# cd target
      	# tar -jxf ../pardus2008-rootfs01.tar.bz2

* Upon completion of the extraction, you may reboot your system now. 

* Boot your system with the Pardus CD once again - at the boot menu, choose 
desired languageand proceed to next menu. On first option (normal boot), 
press "e" and edit the boot parameters as : 

      root (hd0,0)
      kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.24.2-87 root=LABEL=PARDUS_2008 vga=0x317 
mudur=language:tr
      initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initramfs-2.6.24.2-87

Pressing "b" will boot ssytem to your new rootFS.

    * root password is "pardus" - loginh to your ssytem as root and finalize 
the installation by installing grub : 

  	# grub-install /dev/sda --recheck

If you're using a real system and disc partition, edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to 
suit your system or add the new rootFS to your existing boot loader.

* Reboot your system to check boot loader configuration, if all gone well, you 
have working Pardus 2008 base system now - Happy hacking..

	# reboot

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[0]
http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~ekin/2008/packages/
[1]
http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~ekin/2008/rootfs/
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