From 88e24b974afb8216f9ae2b633cf9d20998b42c3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Rößler Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:18:05 +0200 Subject: [clone_stage4] Beginning of a readme file - please comment / amend / revise! --- scripts/clone_stage4.README | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 scripts/clone_stage4.README (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/clone_stage4.README b/scripts/clone_stage4.README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7c37d71c --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/clone_stage4.README @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Some hints for usage of clone_stage4: + +Use clone_stage4 not on the build computer but on the computer which +provides httpd and nfsd, or, in other words: On the computer which server +the boot files. That's the reason why clone_stage4 rejects 'local' as IP. + +To use stage4 a nfs export will be necessary. + + +On the build computer (or, in other words, the computer which compiles etc.): +- build your system to your taste. +- Then, to provide a standardized bind mount (/export/build) for synchronizing + from elsewhere ("server IP") enter: + ./mltk remote -n + +Then, on the service computer (the one where's booted from etc, see above) + +- sync all of your build (IP is IP of build computer): + ./mltk server IP -s + +- or, if wanted, sync just some parts, for example: + ./mltk server [IP] stage31 -e stage31 -s + ./mltk server [IP] stage32 -e stage32 -s + ./mltk server 132.230.8.238 vbox -e addons + (etc.) + +Well, then do the cloning work: + ./clone_stage4 [IP] stage32 /path/to/your/nfs/share/stage4 + +To use the stage4 make sure your (base) config file contains a line + SLX_STAGE4_NFS=[IP of service computer] :/path/to/your/nfs/share/stage4 + + +At least now (20130912) it is necessary to enter + systemctl (start, restart, reload) nfs-mount + +... then login (or re-login), and the stage4s should be there in all their glory. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522