Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvonau@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Your cc to the livecd list are not appearing there, are you subscribed? > > No - I thought it was an open list. I'll sub... > So did I.... > ... >> Think the issue is going to be how the kernel modules differ from >> version 3.2 and 3.3 of squashfs-tools. >> >> So lets get this clear, F7 is using the 2.6.23.?? and does not boot, >> F8 is now booting correctly? with which kernel? > > Correct. This is with 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 > >> Think the only way you'll get this to fly is to get the source for >> squashfs-tools3.3 http://www.squashfs-lzma.org/dl/squashfs3.3.tar.gz >> and patch your 2.6.23 kernel and recompile the module and replace the >> module in the initrd. > > Thanks for pointing me to lzma. So the squashfs 3.3 on F9 is patched > to have lzma support? Good to know... after a bit of investigation, it > turns out that between 3.2 and 3.3 the squashfs project took the lzma > pactches, and forgot to mention it in the changelog. How misterious > and cute :-/ > Hold it, lzma is not part of Fedora's squash support, but could be patched it. The link just has all the steps the are needed to patch a kernel, then recompile the kernel's modules. Just happens to be squashfs as the example. ;-) There is something "cute" between 3.2 and 3.3 thou... > After a bit of testing, squashfs-3.2 on F9 produces a squashfs I can > mount on F7. > > But the image still does not boot. Something else in the initrd must > be messing up. What is the message now? Jerry -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
