This uses the simple-cdd package (available on the official Debian repository) to create a custom install CD for the master blade of the TRC6500 system's computing cluster. A number of components are installed automatically (either during install or on first boot) ; the CD also includes useful files for subsequent configuration.
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** What the built CD includes
- a selection of useful/required packages
- unpacking of config files and scripts during install
- automatic execution of some configuration options
-This CD does NOT create an usable operating system. All included systems should be reviewed, but particularly the network configuration (/etc/hosts, DHCP config), which is partly automated thanks to scripts provided by the TRC6500 exploitation software, which is NOT bundled with this CD.
+This CD does NOT create an usable operating system. All included systems should be reviewed, but particularly the network configuration (/etc/hosts, DHCP config, TFTP config..), which is partly automated thanks to scripts provided by the TRC6500 exploitation software, which is NOT bundled with this CD.
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** What files we'll be using
- the entire profiles/ directory is used by build-simple-cdd
- myrc.local is the script executed on first boot
- the local_packages/ directory contains packages not available on the regular repository, or more recent versions of packages available there.
-- master.tar is an archive of the "master" directory on the debian6500 repository, unpacked during install (NOT PROVIDED)
+- the additional_scripts/ directory contains useful scripts included in the trc6500-master-files deb archive, in the /opt/trc6500/script/ folder.
+- the deb_build/ folder contains the necessary stuff to build the trc6500-master-files deb package which contains a collection of scripts, config files and config instructions
- TRC6500.pub is a GPG public key added to the OS's keyring during install, corresponding to a makeshift Debian repo from T. Pérennou
- splash-thales.png is a 640*480 image used for the splashscreen
-The files marked (NOT PROVIDED) were not included. It's up to you to put them together.
** How build-simple-cdd works
Most options described in the documentation are included in the simple-cdd.conf file. The program will use those (in addition to the default settings) to build a list of what is to be included on the CD. Primarily, it includes itself, profile(s) scripts, and pulls packages (from the <profile>.packages list) from whatever repositories are in /etc/apt/sources.list, or from the ./tmp folder if the packages have already been fetched.
-Additional packages are to be put in the local_packages directory (which is specified in our ownsimple_cdd.conf). It should be noted that packages placed there simply join the pool of available packages : to actually include them on the CD, they should be added in an itself included profile's packages list (say, profiles/trc6500.packages). The list of packages added this way is :
+Additional packages are to be put in the local_packages directory (which is specified in our own simple_cdd.conf). It should be noted that packages placed there simply join the pool of available packages : to actually include them on the CD, they should be added in an itself included profile's packages list (say, profiles/trc6500.packages). The list of packages added this way is :
cpumon dce firmware-bnx2 libcalloc1 libcycle1 libdebug1 libmcore1 raf swb webconfig xcfe
Additional files are included with the all_extras="<path>,<path>" option in our simple-cdd.conf file.
You should look into the provided simple-cdd.conf file ! It is tailored to a quite specific use case, and making your own should be easy enough since the simple-cdd package contains a detailed config file.
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+** Building the trc6500-master-files deb packages
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+This package has been put together in replacement of an earlier tarball ; the main benefit to using a deb being easier upgrade of existing systems.
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+Check out the deb_build/ folder to learn more ; most of it is done by the Makefile.
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** Regarding install vectors
To set up a bootable USB key :
Soft'N'Design Software / projects / debian6500.git / blobdiff