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20:10:33
bms_
The issue happens when the file server access init.lisp, but I haven’t touched it. In the VM, it says “The condition STORAGE-CONDITION was signalled."
21:11:37
froggey
bms_: sounds like it's running out of disk space. I suggest bumping up the image size near the bottom of build-cold-image.lisp. I use 3GB
23:03:07
froggey
as for running on real hardware, it's not particularly tricky but a proper installation involves creating a mezzano partition on whatever disk you want to boot from
23:04:19
MetaYan
Well, on windows they'll anyway need make, and some other unix utilities, so awk would probably come with that.
23:05:38
froggey
driver support is a bit sparse. I've only written drivers for virtio-net and the rtl8168
23:06:28
froggey
the network stack currently hardcodes an ip address/gateway/dns server. there's some DHCP support, but it isn't wired up and I'm not sure how complete it is
23:19:24
froggey
there's a long since bitrotted driver for the RTL8139 somewhere in the source history
23:21:08
MetaYan
So I just create a partition and dd the image to it? Do I need something specific in the MBR?
23:21:44
froggey
you have a 64-bit cpu, at least 512MB of memory, an IDE or AHCI compatible hd, and a ps/2 keyboard and mouse?
23:22:33
froggey
you need a partition for the mezzano image and an ext2/3/4 partition for the bootloader (kboot)
23:23:06
froggey
kboot can be loaded from grub, so if you don't have to install it in the boot sector if you have grub already installed
23:24:11
froggey
by default build-cold-image produces a complete disk image, partition table and all, you can trim off the first something MB to get the actual mezzano image
23:25:53
MetaYan
HP Pavilion dv5 PC/3603 with 3GB RAM - pretty old, so should be IDE. I'll give it a shot.
23:27:42
froggey
you want grub to load tools/kboot/kboot.bin, iirc you need to use the multiboot command
23:38:25
froggey
just remembered, the mezzano partition must be a primary partition. I've not implemented support for extended partition yet
23:40:22
froggey
and you'll want to boot with the video-console option or be watching the serial port
23:46:52
MetaYan
Having some trouble to boot the thing at all now, so will probably take out the disk and partition it on another computer. I'll return when I have it running or need help.
1:14:34
bms_
Is there any reason buffered-format works in all the other commands, but comes back unbound in my msg command. I’ve checked the arguments muiltiple times.