Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 02:27:22 +0200 From: "Domagoj S." <rank1seeker@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Custom USB layout & sysinstall (Starting FIXIT) Message-ID: <AANLkTinBJq6VT6Glk49mljxqMceq9x5kdfduNwYYiX4x@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik2ZxesfRsdC6oly-ITRdmCedcfCf3_SFrihICt@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100513.205343.421.1@DEV> <201005132211.o4DMB4sG018935@fire.js.berklix.net> <AANLkTimdVE1MQ0FJ0u8Tz8R29kO-kaS_NQrDEtEl4-p2@mail.gmail.com> <4BEDCB32.8070206@buffalo.edu> <AANLkTikIa-XjaqQ2fSFpiQEijSHeSkFqdpyiIA2yWDRx@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikFR1QtIs7cNLI4pGbWsMyOUWQHF2fUeYlPjkb1@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik2ZxesfRsdC6oly-ITRdmCedcfCf3_SFrihICt@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 3:53 PM, none none <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote: >> Still no answer? >> >> Hey, there is also a thread: >> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=14059 > > Hate to say but you're doing something unsupported, so unless you walk > through the process by yourself to figure out where things are going > wrong, I'm not sure others have the time to help you in this endeavor. I did found and posted code snippet that is responsible for detecting devices. But I have no C lang knowledge needed to do any coding. I know PHP and JS, ..., so have been observing patterns and echo-ed text/strings to terminal > sysinstall(8) assumes a custom environment and setup; trying to > unravel it would be painful, so I don't suggest doing that. sysinstall(8) expects precise enviroment. Anything deviating from it's hardcoded path is being ignored. > If you're going to roll your own solution you might as well roll the entire > thing from scratch. > > Thanks, > -Garrett My solution is to get rid of sysinstall. Idealy, if sysinstall would be skipped upon boot and Fixit# started immediately I have a blueprint in my head, with beginning, that I am hammering here, but without knowledge to code it. > With respect to your "Still no answer" message I'm not sure what > you're expecting for an answer. You answer yourself above. I expected a patch, an .diff, which I would apply to /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/... And finally recompile it. > The customizations you're doing that you refer to as "B" do indeed > confuse sysinstall's disk recognition semantics. As part of > your customizations you'll need to adjust sysinstall's disk > recognition semantics to understand the layout you are setting > up. I'm not quite sure what else you are expecting. Someone, to do that for me and handed over, to me, on a silver plate. I am not a FreeBSD dev. Hell, I've just entered this list and this is my first "topic"., > I can't think of some easy fix that would get you past the problem you > are experiencing without some hacking done to sysinstall. I'm > also not sure if that sort of hacking would be suitable for > the general case (what works now). > > - -- > Ken Smith I think it would be, as it would just look in a extended way for devices. Thus, covering old ones and satisfying my needs/aims Domagoj S.
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