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wiki:dynamic_multimaster [2013/03/02 06:27] – [TinyCore-like with XVesa, Xfb or X.Org] onboot.lst genecwiki:dynamic_multimaster [2022/09/21 17:10] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 +====== Introduction ======
  
 +[[dynamic_root_filesystem_remastering|Dynamic remastering]] is about assembling 1+ initrd payload files (CPIO.GZ archives for initramfs; herein referred to as CGZs) to allow one to upgrade the core.gz without a full repacking.  Dynamic MultiMaster takes this one step further to create a set of modular CGZs that allow component swap/addition from the boot loader without repeating files.
 +
 +====== Prerequisites ======
 +  * An understanding of dynamic remastering
 +
 +====== Overview ======
 +  * Examine what extensions you would like in each target boot
 +  * Fetch extensions their .dep files, and dependent extentions & .dep files.
 +    * .tree files help to broadly examine all dependencies for an extension
 +  * Determine how to modularly group the extensions into CGZs to eliminate duplicated extensions.
 +
 +====== Details ======
 +  * Extensions and their .deps should be located in [boot-tce-dir]/optional/ As of 4.7.5, that becomes /tmp/builtin/optional/ but was in /opt/tce/ before version 4.2.
 +  * Multiple CGZs function to overwrite files (and directory permissions).
 +  * An onboot.lst in [boot-tce-dir] is needed to load files on boot.  As of 4.7.5, that becomes /tmp/builtin/onboot.lst
 +
 +====== Examples ======
 +===== TinyCore-like with XVesa, Xfb or X.Org =====
 +This is one of the quickest modularization examples.
 +
 +==== tcxdep.cgz ====
 +The extensions TinyCore uses other than any X-specifics
 +  * fltk-1.1.10.tcz flwm_topside.tcz wbar.tcz Xlibs.tcz Xprogs.tcz 
 +    * fltk-1.1.10.tcz and Xlibs.tcz are the dependencies for the others
 +
 +==== tcxv.cgz ====
 +  * Xvesa.tcz
 +
 +==== tcxfb.cgz ====
 +  * Xfbdev.tcz
 +
 +==== tcxorgdep.cgz ====
 +Break out some dependencies since they are shared with other extensions since we may want those but not X.org
 +  * expat2.tcz fontconfig.tcz pixman.tcz Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
 +
 +==== tcxorgdrv.cgz ====
 +This can be trimmed as needed, based on desired hardware.
 +  * xf86-video-all.tcz xf86-video-apm.tcz xf86-video-ark.tcz xf86-video-ast.tcz xf86-video-ati.tcz firmware-radeon.tcz  graphics-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz i2c-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz xf86-video-chips.tcz xf86-video-cirrus.tcz xf86-video-geode.tcz xf86-video-glint.tcz xf86-video-i128.tcz xf86-video-i740.tcz xf86-video-intel.tcz xf86-video-mach64.tcz xf86-video-mga.tcz xf86-video-neomagic.tcz xf86-video-newport.tcz xf86-video-nv.tcz xf86-video-openchrome.tcz xf86-video-r128.tcz xf86-video-rendition.tcz xf86-video-s3.tcz xf86-video-s3virge.tcz xf86-video-savage.tcz xf86-video-siliconmotion.tcz xf86-video-sis.tcz xf86-video-sisusb.tcz xf86-video-tdfx.tcz xf86-video-tga.tcz xf86-video-trident.tcz xf86-video-tseng.tcz xf86-video-v4l.tcz xf86-video-vmware.tcz xf86-video-voodoo.tcz xf86-video-xgi.tcz xf86-video-xgixp.tcz
 +
 +==== tcxorg.cgz ====
 +  * Xorg-7.6-bin.tcz Xorg-7.6.tcz Xorg-fonts.tcz
 +
 +==== onboot.lst ====
 +The following will attempt to load everything (and yield a warning on files not present; blank lines used to separate content from different CGZs):
 +
 +<code>
 +fltk-1.1.10.tcz
 +flwm_topside.tcz
 +wbar.tcz
 +Xlibs.tcz
 +Xprogs.tcz
 +
 +Xvesa.tcz
 +
 +Xfbdev.tcz
 +
 +expat2.tcz
 +fontconfig.tcz
 +pixman.tcz
 +Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
 +
 +xf86-video-all.tcz
 +xf86-video-apm.tcz
 +xf86-video-ark.tcz
 +xf86-video-ast.tcz
 +xf86-video-ati.tcz
 +firmware-radeon.tcz
 +graphics-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz
 +i2c-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz
 +xf86-video-chips.tcz
 +xf86-video-cirrus.tcz
 +xf86-video-geode.tcz
 +xf86-video-glint.tcz
 +xf86-video-i128.tcz
 +xf86-video-i740.tcz
 +xf86-video-intel.tcz
 +xf86-video-mach64.tcz
 +xf86-video-mga.tcz
 +xf86-video-neomagic.tcz
 +xf86-video-newport.tcz
 +xf86-video-nv.tcz
 +xf86-video-openchrome.tcz
 +xf86-video-r128.tcz
 +xf86-video-rendition.tcz
 +xf86-video-s3.tcz
 +xf86-video-s3virge.tcz
 +xf86-video-savage.tcz
 +xf86-video-siliconmotion.tcz
 +xf86-video-sis.tcz
 +xf86-video-sisusb.tcz
 +xf86-video-tdfx.tcz
 +xf86-video-tga.tcz
 +xf86-video-trident.tcz
 +xf86-video-tseng.tcz
 +xf86-video-v4l.tcz
 +xf86-video-vmware.tcz
 +xf86-video-voodoo.tcz
 +xf86-video-xgi.tcz
 +xf86-video-xgixp.tcz
 +
 +Xorg-7.6-bin.tcz
 +Xorg-7.6.tcz
 +Xorg-fonts.tcz
 +</code>
 +
 +==== Command line ====
 +=== Syslinux ===
 +  * XVesa:  initrd=core.gz,tcxdep.cgz,tcxv.cgz
 +  * Xfbdev: initrd=core.gz,tcxdep.cgz,tcxfb.cgz
 +  * X.org:  initrd=core.gz,tcxdep.cgz,tcxorgdep.cgz,tcxorgdrv.cgz,tcxorg.cgz
 +
 +===== VMware View Client =====
 +VMware's recent release of its full View client is of interest to some since TC could be lighter than other distros.
 +  * tcxdep.cgz, tcxv.cgz, and tcxorgdep.cgz as above.  This is an excellent example of why I removed the extensions in tcxorgdep.cgz to another CGZ.
 +
 +==== tcgtk.cgz ====
 +  * atk.tcz cairo.tcz gdk-pixbuf2.tcz glib2.tcz graphics-libs-1.tcz gtk2.tcz libffi.tcz liblzma.tcz libxcb.tcz libxml2.tcz pango.tcz shared-mime-info.tcz
 +
 +==== tcrdsk.cgz ====
 +  * libao.tcz  libusb.tcz  pcsc-lite.tcz  rdesktop.tcz
 +
 +==== tcssl.cgz ====
 +  *libssl-0.9.8.tcz openssl-1.0.0.tcz
 +
 +==== tcvmview.cgz ====
 +  * udev-lib.tcz
 +  * a choice of vmware-view-client-mk.tcz or vmware-view-client.tcz; Note that the EULA of the VMware View Client appears to prohibit redistribution.  This would imply Canonical and its partners are likely under an alternate license.
 +
 +==== Command Line ====
 +=== Syslinux ===
 +initrd=core.gz,tcxdep.cgz,tcxv.cgz,tcgtk.cgz,tcrdsk.cgz,tcxorgdep.cgz,tcssl.cgz,tcvmview.cgz
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