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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,
[replying inline]
Best regards
Nio

Den 2016-04-28 kl. 22:26, skrev Israel:
> Hi Nio,
> I know, I have changed the OBI a lot because I didn't understand it, so
> I have 'translated' it into the type of bash script I understand, using
> bash built-ins and using [[ instead of test or [ using (( num > othernum
> )) instead of  test num -gt othernum

I hope to gradually get used to these new(?) bash built-in commands.

> This means I have had to learn what OBI is and does.
> I have also modularized the code more (all the mkp* scripts call a
> common mkp) and have tried very hard to understand the complexity you
> created.
>
> Long story short, some of my translation doesn't always work correctly
> because I misunderstand what you are doing sometimes. The 'use no extra
> parameters' bug is a great example of that.  Why do I even need that
> code in there?  So I have now removed the offending code completely
> because it actually does nothing, since the parameter never gets passed
> to anything if it exists.  So a parameter will automatically get
> removed, and not effect anything.  We don't need to notify the user
> about it, so I am removing it entirely.

It makes sense when you tell me these commands. But sometimes I'm losing 
all hope, when we are fighting bugs in code that used to work.

> Anyhow.... with that code gone *revision 228* should completely fix this
> issue.  I will test it as well.  I have been testing the basic installer
> mostly, so I will test advanced on this one only, since I modified only
> the advanced code.
>
> Let me know if it works for USB drives, as well.

The OBI-istalleer is getting better :-)

Now it was possible to get into gparted via the built-in sequence. I 
could add the labels obiroot and obiswap and continue with the 
installation. The installation worked, and the installed system works.

But there are still bugs.

1. I cannot select root partition and swap partition manually (in the 
zenity menu). It looks like I select, but nothing is changed. The 
original selection remains. If root and/or swap are not selected by the 
partition labels, they are impossible to select. At least I don't know 
how to do it with the OBI-installer. It seems the mechanism to store or 
propagate the selection from the menu has failed somehow. This worked 
before you started to fix the problem of 'moving the desktop' with wmctrl.

I have tested with the target drive connected internally and externally. 
It makes no difference in this case. I would say that this is a 
show-stopper. I don't think we should abandon selection of partitions 
via the zenity menus. It is awkward to use gparted for the selection, 
when there is no [other] editing of partitions.

2. Already existing operating systems in internal drives (including 
eSATA), but not in USB drives, are recognized and added to the grub 
menu. This problem remains, but we can live with it. (It is no 
show-stopper.)

> On 04/28/2016 12:50 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> > Hi Israel,
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't understand the structure of the OBI-installer.
> > It has changed so much from my version, and I have not had the time to
> > keep my knowledge of it up to date.
> >
> > Anyway, I zsynced and updated/dist-upgraded to get version 225.
> >
> > It seemed to work better now. It does not print
> >
> > :( Use no extra parameters :(
> >
> > But it returns to the starter menu. I cannot reach gparted as part of
> > the sequence 'Partition drives and install alongside current OS'. Of
> > course gparted is available via the desktop, but it is frustrating,
> > when things that used to work stop working.
> >
> > But 'Install' does not not work at the advanced level.
> >
> > It works at the basic level :-)
> >
> > The progress windows are separated (do not overlap), which is good :-)
> >
> > -o-
> >
> > I tried again - a 'clean' sequence: I cannot reach gparted as part of
> > the sequence 'Partition drives and install alongside current OS'. It
> > returns to the starter menu. In the Toshiba with external target drive.
> >
> > I attach the log file for this 'brief case'.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
>
> --
> Regards


[starter]
 

[functions]
 
Tarball path: /tarballs
zmktbl to make the tarballs
OBI path: /usr/share/OBI

[functions]
 
OS to install: ToriOS-i386-jessie
Menu Title: OS to install: ToriOS-i386-jessie

[functions]
 

[functions]
 Found pid for Zenity in obi: 2816

[position_win]
 Found 0x01400004 for the window to position

[mkctrl]
 mkctrl()--->obi_system=ToriOS-i386-jessie
tarball=
rootpart=
swappart=


[mkctrl]
 [mkctrl]Selected:/usr/share/OBI/selected
OBI directory:/usr/share/OBI
Tarball path:/tarballs

[mkpxpy]
 Selected Tarball: /tarballs/ToriOS-i386-jessie.tar.xz
selecting mkpxpy (with swap)

[confirm-partition]
 mkctrl()--->obi_system=ToriOS-i386-jessie
tarball=/tarballs/ToriOS-i386-jessie.tar.xz
rootpart=
swappart=


[confirm-partition]
 [mkctrl]Selected:/usr/share/OBI/selected
OBI directory:/usr/share/OBI
Tarball path:/tarballs

[partition-help]
 RAM  size:4096 MibiBytes

[partition-help]
 SWAP size:4838 MibiBytes

[partition-help]
 root: /dev/sda5

[partition-help]
 swap: /dev/sda2

[confirm-partition]
 /dev/sda5 was not mounted

[confirm-partition]
 /dev/sda2 was not mounted

[confirm-partition]
 Installing ToriOS-i386-jessie  /dev/sda5
with swap  /dev/sda2

[confirm-partition]
 [confirm-partition]mklub ToriOS-i386-jessie /tarballs/ToriOS-i386-jessie.tar.xz /dev/sda5 /dev/sda2

[mkp]
 ToriOS-i386-jessie
/tarballs/ToriOS-i386-jessie.tar.xz


[mkp]
 Found pid for Zenity in mkp: 2816

[position_win]
 Found 0x01400004 for the window to position

[mkp]
 return value was: 0

[mkp]
 /tarballs/ToriOS-i386-jessie.tar.xz (the tarball) is expanded, syncing the drive

[mkp]
 1 ext partitions: 09339ad0-25a7-4c0f-88fa-6592e0d95ccd 

[mkp]
 a3562b8d-6d65-49ac-bc3b-28c073fc2a22
1 ext partitions: 09339ad0-25a7-4c0f-88fa-6592e0d95ccd 

[mkp]
 Use existing swap partition /dev/sda2 - keep its UUID

[mkp]
 rootpart=/dev/sda5

[mkp]
 swappart=/dev/sda2

[mkp]
 OLD swap uuid=a3562b8d-6d65-49ac-bc3b-28c073fc2a22

[mkp]
 NEW swap UUID=6d8464f4-2752-48eb-9ffb-c88a5aba1b6e

[mkp]
 rootpart=/dev/sda5
OLD root UUID=09339ad0-25a7-4c0f-88fa-6592e0d95ccd
NEW root UUID=749fd816-9d8d-4c5e-830c-8d79b5c1b2dc

[mkp]
 (SWAP UUIDs)changed a3562b8d-6d65-49ac-bc3b-28c073fc2a22 to 6d8464f4-2752-48eb-9ffb-c88a5aba1b6e in /mnt/etc/fstab0

[mkp]
 installed /etc/fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
#                
# / was on /dev/sdd1 during installation
UUID=749fd816-9d8d-4c5e-830c-8d79b5c1b2dc /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# swap was on /dev/sdd5 during installation
UUID=6d8464f4-2752-48eb-9ffb-c88a5aba1b6e none            swap    sw              0       0

[mkp]
 Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
/dev/sda2                              	partition	4954516	0	3

[user-config]
 Removed tarball user named: torios

[user-config]
 Removing /mnt/home/torios

[user-config]
 Added test-obiroot-obiswap

[user-config]
 the password entries match, go ahead ...

set password for test-obiroot-obiswap

test-obiroot-obiswap
Groups: audio,cdrom,plugdev,users,adm,video,dip,floppy,sudo,netdev

[user-config]
 No autologin for: test-obiroot-obiswap.

[user-config]
 Updating: xdg-dirs

[user-config]
 copied menumethod-lister

[position_win]
 Found 0x01400004 for the window to position

[user-config]
 removed menumethod-lister

[user-config]
 copied /etc/skel

[user-config]
 chown recursivley /home/test-obiroot-obiswap for test-obiroot-obiswap

[user-config]
 changed gksu to sudo mode for test-obiroot-obiswap

[user-config]
 Computer supports PAE

[user-config]
 No install PAE chosen.

[mkp]
 Installing Bootloader

[functions]
 

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: ata-ST320LT007-9ZV142  Dev: /dev/sda  Size: 320GB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: usb-Kanguru_FlashBlu   Dev: /dev/sdb  Size: 8011MB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: ata-ST320LT007-9ZV142  Dev: /dev/sda  Size: 320GB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: usb-Kanguru_FlashBlu   Dev: /dev/sdb  Size: 8011MB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: ata-ST320LT007-9ZV142  Dev: /dev/sda  Size: 320GB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: usb-Kanguru_FlashBlu   Dev: /dev/sdb  Size: 8011MB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: ata-ST320LT007-9ZV142  Dev: /dev/sda  Size: 320GB

[list_drives]
 DRIVE: Name: usb-Kanguru_FlashBlu   Dev: /dev/sdb  Size: 8011MB

[functions]
 Destination: /dev/sda

[functions]
 Bootloader destination: /dev/sda

[functions]
 unmounted all filesystems