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| Thread ID: 35997 | 2003-07-28 00:53:00 | My mission: Update nvidia drivers and install a game on a bootable Distro! | Chilling_Silently (228) | Press F1 |
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| 163356 | 2003-07-28 00:53:00 | Ive got the Distro Adios Linux because its based on RedHat 8, as opposed to Knoppix's Debian heart. I also have choson Adios for the task because you can easily set the Run Level's and restart X without a worry! Adios also gives you the user and root password! Now, Basically I can get into Adios, logged in as root, in RunLevel 3 as the nvidia drivers specify! Only problem is that / is mounted read-only, so when the drivers attempt to install to /usr which is also read-only, it fails! I have R/W access to other parts, like /etc, /home, and a few other places. I wouldnt mind being able to install rpm's for that matter either ;-) But I think that would come with finding a way to remount / as R/W! Do I need to pass an arguement to the kernel when I get the: boot: prompt at the very beginning of the boot off the CD? Any ideas? Ive got the UT2K3 game demo to try... my HDD has more than enough RAM for it (512MB), plus a 125MB SWAP and a few native Linux partitions I can use for the experiment if need be. Is it possible, or am I dreaming here? Cheers Chill. |
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| 163357 | 2003-07-28 09:58:00 | Just thought I'd post a wee update.. Ive done a lil reseach, and played around with it. Now, / is R/W and I can "touch" files fine, but /usr is still Read-Only!?! I try using chmod to changes the properties of the folder but it only states that Im changing a Read-Only folder and has no effect on it! Im needing to get /usr R/W so I can install rpm's and the nVidia drivers. In the mean time Im downloading the .src.rpm of the 3rd oldest driver, coz I cant compile using the latest update seeing as the source for the kernel isnt included, and it doesnt pick up Adios as a regular Distro. Suggestions?! Cheers Chill. |
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| 163358 | 2003-07-28 14:28:00 | Howdy Chill, My reading of the home page seems to say that /var and / are both loaded onto the hard drive and hence can be altered. It appears that /usr is still mounted on the CD as it mentions /adios/usr as it's directory. If it is accessing the /usr from the CD this will be why you can't alter the RW settings. Unless of course /usr is on the hard drive but located under /adios/usr I noticed that they mentioned a downloadable CD so that you can create your own bootable linux. Might be worthwhile getting that and seeing if you can include the nVidia drivers and the game. Otherwise the only way I can think of achieving your aim would be to dd the CD to a file, add the nVidia drivers and game to that and then mkisof and see if that works :) |
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| 163359 | 2003-07-29 00:07:00 | Thanks Gorela, its at least assuring to know Im not looking into the impossible here. I have several Ext3 Partitions I could use for what Im hoping to acheive, as well as a few Fat32. What I was hoping for, was to be able to re-mount /usr perhaps to my FAT32 partition (I know it would kill ownership etc. for files, but security is not going to be big). Basically, my aim is to demonstrate Linux gaming via two networked PC's.. The networking Ive got down pat, but the gaming part I dont, lol! The UT2K3_Demo.sh file also extracts to /usr, only Im not too sure how large the game is Is there any way that I could re-mount a folder from a fat32 partition, say /mnt/hdc6/fatshare and add that to /usr as such? A downloadable CD? Ive downloaded the ISO right from the FTP... So you're saying there's another huge download for my venerable dial-up modem? :-( *Cringes at the thought* I know running a game from a bootable distro is never going to give the type of performance available from a normal distro, but that's a small deterrant. Ive read the FAQ's and HOW-TO's on the homepage, but can only see info on creating a boot diskette for network installation of the OS :-( I would be keen to try modifying the Distro if need be :-) What would you suggest? Many thanks Chill. |
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| 163360 | 2003-07-29 14:59:00 | Morning Chill, Just had a quick look at the download site (dc.qut.edu.au) and rather sadly they say that the creation images are currently off-line :O Bummer dude. It still appears that they have deliberately disabled write access to the /usr It is possible to alter the directory that the program installs to by changing the specific entries in the config file. This can of course cause more problems than it is worth though as often that means altering additional lines of code after the install as the program will be looking for certain parts that will be located in a different directory. That can lead to some seriously messy rubbish and lots of things falling over :D |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 163361 | 2003-07-29 16:03:00 | Ouch, Okay then.. Lets say then I go with your idea of editing the CD Image.. If I were to remove oOo, as it likely has nothing dependant on it, and I add the nvidia driver, and the UT2K3_Demo also, where would I begin? Do you have any good web-links, or is it really out of my League? Im just not wanting to be put off, like when I was told setting up smb for a one-off occasion on Knoppix wasnt worth it, when really it takes me 30 seconds to edit the .conf file and restart the daemon. Thanks! Chill. |
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| 163362 | 2003-07-31 02:12:00 | <bump> Ive just been looking up how to use dd, but Im totally lost, and was hoping you know of some good resources to check out? |
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| 163363 | 2003-07-31 08:47:00 | Howdy Chill, dd is a sector copy utility. What type of info are you looking for about it? Obviously it isn't covered in dd --help or you wouldn't be asking. dd is used to make an exact copy of say the CD. You could create a file and then dd if=/media/cdrecorder/adios of=/var/adios I can never remember whether you need a final / or not as this creates another file adios inside the adios file. :8} There is this man page (www.ussg.iu.edu) but it doesn't really give you much more that the --h though. And I would never suggest to you to stop playing with these things and I'm :O that you would even think that of me :p |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 163364 | 2003-07-31 08:59:00 | Okay :-) I'd gathered that sorta command from looking up stuff on Google, Im about to go home to my PC to try it, but what do I do from there? Im assuming this creates a copy of the CD onto the HDD so I can modify it etc!?! |
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| 163365 | 2003-07-31 10:22:00 | [root@AMD1700 cdrom]# ls -l total 650974 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 620531712 Jul 10 12:02 adios.sqfs -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 607 Dec 19 2002 autorun -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 36864 Oct 10 2002 Autorun.exe -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1520 Jul 9 14:56 autorun.html -r--r--r-- 1 root root 40 Oct 10 2002 autorun.inf dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 3 15:47 boot -r--r--r-- 1 root root 970965 Jul 9 17:21 rdfiles.tgz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 579 Jul 10 11:50 README -r--r--r-- 1 root root 432352 Jul 9 12:45 selinux.tgz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 605 Jul 10 13:08 TRANS.TBL -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 43229184 Jul 3 20:28 uml.sqfs -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1383565 Jul 10 11:38 var.tgz dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 2048 Jul 9 14:52 www [root@AMD1700 cdrom]# dd if=/mnt/cdrom/adios.sqfs of=/var/adios 1211976+0 records in 1211976+0 records out [root@AMD1700 cdrom]# Now what do I do with the file that its made?? *hope the formatting looks alright* |
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