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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again,

1. I fixed typing error concerning the size after expansion.

The size is 513 Mibibytes, and it will expand to 7.8 GB (Gigabytes)

2. I attached a picture and a text file, from the IBM Thinkpad T42.

Notice that problems due to slow searching for a floppy is solved by
blacklisting, and that the Pentium M processor works with a pae kernel
(with a little help from fake-pae).

3. Notice that these custom tarballs and this compressed image file all
illustrate how you can create your own custom ToriOS.

- Install programs and tweak your system

- Create a tarball with zmktbl

- Distribute the custom system by means of tarballs and install with the
same version of the OBI as you used to create the tarball.

- Or if you wish, clone your tweaked system (starting from the
compressed image file with the OEM mechanism).

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-05-27 09:11, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Hi all toriosadores,
> 
> [See at the end of this mail]
> 
> Den 2015-05-27 01:12, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>> Den 2015-05-26 23:34, Nio Wiklund skrev:
>>> Hi again Israel and Jack,
>> ...
>>> I made an OEM system (user oem, computer name oem) which seems to create
>>> problems for the OBI-installer while my own version of the OBI for
>>> precise works with it. (Also the standard OBI in Lubuntu Trusty works
>>> with such systems.) This system has the two 3.2 kernels with and without
>>> PAE and I will add fake-pae before uploading the tarball to Phill's
>>> server. I will install geany and evince too, but nothing big.
>>>
>>> - It works to use the OEM mechanism and nm-applet works.
>>>
>>> - The shutdown menu works correctly when I select the JWM session, but
>>> not in the ToriOS session. There is also a plain grey Openbox session,
>>> that works as it should. Openbox is necessary for the OEM mechanism to work.
>>>
>>> See the attached file.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Nio
>> ...
>>
>> Hi again Israel and all testers,
>>
>>
>> Since before there is this text based version 2.9 or the OBI
>>
>> http://phillw.net/isos/one-button-installer/dd_images/dd_precise-obi_4GB_29_text.img.xz
>>
>> that I have been using as a reliable and light-weight tool to make and
>> use ToriOS tarballs. Use mkusb to install it to a USB pendrive.
>>
>>
>> A few minutes ago I uploaded the following tarball
>>
>> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/OBI/precise/tarballs/ToriOS-pae-OEM_prec_use-by-OBI-in-precise.tar.xz
>>
>> which is the 'ToriOS-pae-OEM' tarball I tested in the previous mail.
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
> 
> This same system, that is stored as a tarball is also stored as a
> compressed image file at Phill's server,
> 
> http://phillw.net/isos/linux-tools/compressed-images/dd_ToriOS-pae-OEM_precise_7.8GB.img.xz
> 
> The size is 513 Mibibytes, and it will expand to 7.8 GB (Gigabytes) to
> fit in slightly undersized 8 GB pendrives.
> 
> - Use mkusb [in linux, and use 7-zip & Win32DiskImager in Windows] to
> install it to a fast USB pendrive or an internal drive. It will
> overwrite the partition table.
> 
> - Use gparted to the swap partition and after that expand the root
> partition, so that the system will fill a larger part of the target
> drive (often the whole target drive).
> 
> -o-
> 
> But if you want to leave an existing system on the target drive, for
> example that you want to dual boot with Windows, please use the tarball
> and the OBI method instead.
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
>

Attachment: ToriOS_OEM_blacklist-floppy_fake-PAE_in_Thinkpad-T42.png
Description: PNG image

Welcome to ToriOS
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ sudo lsblk -fm
[sudo] password for dd-oem-pae: 
^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^Cdd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ ^C
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ cat /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).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>                <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid          0    0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=66fb6de4-065a-446e-a3b6-b058887520c9 /  ext4  errors=remount-ro 0    1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=ae9d2418-0fa7-4864-b2d1-a34c50770893 none swap  sw              0    0
#/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8    0    0
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf
blacklist floppy
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ sudo rmmod floppy
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ sudo update-initramfs -u
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-84-generic-pae
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ sudo lsblk -fm
NAME   FSTYPE LABEL            MOUNTPOINT NAME     SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE
sda                                       sda     37.3G root  disk  brw-rw----
├─sda1 ext4   ToriOSmay24-3ker            ├─sda1    35G root  disk  brw-rw----
└─sda2 swap                               └─sda2   2.2G root  disk  brw-rw----
sr0                                       sr0     1024M root  cdrom brw-rw----
sdb                                       sdb     14.8G root  disk  brw-rw----
├─sdb1 ext4   ToriOSpaeOEMprec /          ├─sdb1     7G root  disk  brw-rw----
└─sdb2 swap                    [SWAP]     └─sdb2   337M root  disk  brw-rw----
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $ grep -i -e pentium -e pae /proc/cpuinfo 
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz
flags		: pae fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe up bts est tm2
dd-oem-pae@t42 ~ $