From: trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell)
Subject: Re: SLS Dist: What type of fs is used for the system
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:23:56 GMT

sundaram@cps.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram) writes:

>I installed the SLS distrib (quite painless once I READ the docs - good job)
>and It gave me "magic match failed" message whenever I stuck a new floppy in.
>OK, now in an earlier post, someone remarked that SLS tries to do 3 types
>of fs nad when it fails, it is suppoed to give this magic match failed 
>message. My question is, which fs are we using for Linux 0.96 (SLS)?

    Disk 2, which is asked for again during a base install, is a minix fs,
the rest of the floppies are msdos.  Here's a sysinstall that I modified to
work properly even though the kernel obviously isn't doing what Peter said
it's supposed to.  (And neither will future kernels you compile).

#	This is a shell archive.
#	Remove everything above and including the cut line.
#	Then run the rest of the file through sh.
#----cut here-----cut here-----cut here-----cut here----#
#!/bin/sh
# shar:    Shell Archiver
#	Run the following text with /bin/sh to create:
#	sysinstall
# This archive created: Mon Aug 31 10:26:05 1992
cat << \SHAR_EOF > sysinstall
#
# Installation of packages from floppy
# requires:  tar, sed, basename, compress/zcat, mount and umount.
# copywrite Softlanding Software, 1992:  Distribute and use freely.

INSTROOT=/
INSTDEV=/dev/fd0

while [ 0 ]; do
	if [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" = "-instdev" ]; then
		INSTDEV=$2;
		shift 2;
		continue;
	elif [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" = "-instroot" ]; then
		INSTROOT=$2;
		shift 2;
		continue;
	else
		break;
	fi
done;

INSTDIR=$INSTROOT/install/installed
#INSTTEST=/usr2/dist
MNTDIR=/user

function MountDisk() {
	declare -i MountStat
	if [ "$INSTTEST" != "" ]; then
		test -d $INSTTEST;
		MountStat=$?
		return $MountStat;
	fi
	if [ "$1" = "2" ]; then
		FSTYPE="minix"
	else
		FSTYPE="msdos"
	fi
	for j in 1 2 3; do
		echo -n "Insert disk $1 into the floppy drive then hit enter, or q to quit"
		read ans;
		if [ "$ans" = "q" ]; then
			exit 1;
		fi;
		mount -t $FSTYPE $INSTDEV $MNTDIR  >& /dev/null
		MountStat=$?
		if [ $MountStat = 0 ]; then
			return 0;
		fi
	done
	exit 1
}

function UnmountDisk() {
	if [ "$INSTTEST" = "" ]; then
		umount $INSTDEV > /dev/null
	fi;
}

function InstallPkg() {
	if [ -f $1 ]; then
		echo -n "installing `basename $1 .taz`..."
		(cd $INSTROOT; tar -xzvf - | sed "/\/$/d" ) < $1 > $INSTDIR/`basename $1 .taz`
		if [ -f /install/doinst.sh ]; then
		        sh /install/doinst.sh ;
			rm -rf /install/doinst.sh ;
		fi
		echo "done"
	else
		echo "$1 not found"
	fi;
}

function InstallDisk() {
	declare -i Status;
	for k in 1 2 3; do
		MountDisk $1
		Status=$?
		if [ $Status != 0 ]; then
			return 1;
		fi
		if [ "$INSTEST" = "" ]; then
			SRCDIR=$MNTDIR
		else
			SRCDIR=$INSTEST/$1
		fi
		if [ -e $SRCDIR/disk$1 -o $1 = Disk ]; then
			for FileZ in $SRCDIR/*.taz; do
				if [ $1 = Disk ]; then
					echo -n "Install $FileZ (y/n/q)?"
					read ans;
					if [ "$ans" = "Y" -o  "$ans" = "y" ]; then
						InstallPkg $FileZ;
					elif [ "$ans" = "q" -o  "$ans" = "Q" ]; then
						exit 0;
					fi
				else
						InstallPkg $FileZ;
				fi
			done
			UnmountDisk
			return 0
		else
			UnmountDisk
			echo -n "error: you may have inserted the wrong disk, try again (y/n)?"
			read ans;
			if [ "$ans" = "N" -o  "$ans" = "n" ]; then
				return 1
			fi
		fi;
	done
}

function RemovePkg() {
	if [ -f $INSTDIR/$1 ]; then
		(cd $INSTROOT; xargs /bin/rm -f ) < $INSTDIR/$1 
		rm $INSTDIR/$1
	else
		echo "error: unknown package $1"
	fi
}

function PrintUsage() {
	echo "usage: sysinstall -all                * install everything: base + X11"
	echo "       sysinstall -base               * install full base: no X11"
	echo "       sysinstall -mini               * install a minimal base: ~3 Meg"
	echo "       sysinstall -rest               * install the rest of the base"
	echo "       sysinstall -X11                * install just X11"
	echo "       sysinstall -install pkg.taz    * install a specific pkg file"
	echo "       sysinstall -remove pkg         * uninstall a pkg"
	echo "       sysinstall -extract pkg        * collect pkg files into new pkg.taz"
	echo "       sysinstall -disk               * install all pkgs on a disk"
	echo "       sysinstall -disk DISKNUM       * install pkgs on disk DISKNUM"
	echo "       sysinstall -mount              * mount floppy"
	echo "       sysinstall -unmount            * unmount floppy"
	echo "       sysinstall -instdev INSTDEV    * device to install from"
	echo "       sysinstall -instroot INSTROOT  * directory to use as root"
}

function InstallX11 {
	for i in 11 12 13 14 15; do
		InstallDisk $i;
	done
}

function InstallRest() {
	for i in 5 6 7 8 9 10 2; do
		InstallDisk $i;
	done
}

function InstallMini() {
	for i in 3 4;  do
		InstallDisk $i;
	done
}

function InstallBase() {
	InstallMini;
	InstallRest;
}

function InstallAll() {
	InstallBase;
	InstallX11;
}

function ShowInstalled() {
	for i in $INSTDIR/*; do
		echo "`basename $i`";
	done;
}

#if [ "/" != $INSTROOT ]; then
#	mount $INSTROOT &> /dev/null
#	MNTSTAT=$?;
#	if [ $MNTSTAT != 1 ]; then
#		echo "error: $INSTROOT must have a partition mounted on it.  First use:"
#		echo "       mount /dev/?d?? $INSTROOT"
#		echo "       For example: mount /dev/hda2 $INSTROOT"
#		exit 1;
#	fi
#fi

if [ $# = 0 ]; then
	PrintUsage;
elif [ $1 = "-view" ]; then 
	ShowInstalled;
elif [ $1 = "-all" ]; then 
	InstallAll;
elif [ $1 = "-base" ]; then 
	InstallBase;
elif [ $1 = "-mini" ]; then 
	InstallMini;
elif [ $1 = "-rest" ]; then 
	InstallRest;
elif [ $1 = "-X11" ]; then 
	InstallX11;
elif [ $1 = "-remove" -a $# = 2 ]; then
	RemovePkg $2
elif [ $1 = "-install" -a $# = 2 ]; then
	InstallPkg $2
elif [ $1 = "-extract" -a $# = 2 ]; then
	if [ -f $INSTDIR/$2 ]; then
		(cd $INSTROOT; tar -czf - -T $INSTDIR/$2 ) > $2.taz
	else
		echo "$2 not found";
	fi;
elif [ $1 = "-disk" ]; then
	if [ $# = 1 ] ; then
		InstallDisk Disk
	else
		InstallDisk $2
	fi
elif [ $1 = "-mount ]; then
	MountDisk;
elif [ $1 = "-unmount ]; then
	UnmountDisk;
else
	PrintUsage;
fi;
SHAR_EOF
#	End of shell archive
exit 0
--
    Tim Russell                 Omaha, NE              trussell@unomaha.edu
One of the richest men in the world made his billions selling a toy "operating
system" that is more accurately described as a glorified bootstrap loader.
                                                  -- Phil Karn