toast-linux - create toast linux install floppy or CD
The latest version of toast-linux is 1.148.
TODO: describe toast linux in general, what the installer does, and what this program does
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| 1.148 | 2005-12-04 | Man, this is totally broken. Time for a major redesign, I think. Checking in feeble, abandoned attempts at upgrading and fixing.... |
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| 1.147 | 2005-03-04 | fix a bug in the code that finds room for new partitions | tgz man src diff |
| 1.146 | 2005-02-28 | fixed bugs in kernel configuration and cd install progress meter | tgz man src diff |
| 1.145 | 2005-02-26 | commented out a few more broken packages; fixed installed kernel | tgz man src diff |
| 1.144 | 2005-02-21 | figure out where to put lilo's boot sector; comment out broken packages | tgz man src diff |
| 1.143 | 2005-02-21 | add wireless-utils and eject; try to reuse "large" kernel config on target system; turn off fbcon for now |
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| 1.142 | 2005-02-17 | reinstate device-mapper patch for lilo | tgz man src diff |
| 1.141 | 2005-02-14 | use buildroot to build uClibc cross-compiler | tgz man src diff |
| 1.140 | 2005-02-12 | updated clean targets | tgz man src diff |
| 1.139 | 2005-02-12 | precompiled CD might actually have a change of working now | tgz man src diff |
| 1.138 | 2005-02-06 | first attempt at stuffing lots of precompiled stuff onto the CD | tgz man src diff |
| 1.137 | 2005-02-06 | installer now detects and mounts cdrom | tgz man src diff |
| 1.136 | 2005-02-06 | get rid of old bochs stuff; add vmware-cd target; enable fbcon | tgz man src diff |
| 1.135 | 2005-02-06 | fancy graphical logo for CD version | tgz man src diff |
| 1.134 | 2005-02-05 | adding support for a CD version with a larger kernel | tgz man src diff |
| 1.133 | 2005-02-05 | merge setup back into toast linux (was split out for a while) | tgz man src diff |
| 1.132 | 2005-02-05 | update smallk and add largek kernel configuration | tgz man src diff |
| 1.131 | 2005-02-05 | add support for multiple kernel configurations; misc. upgrades and fixes | tgz man src diff |
| 1.130 | 2005-01-12 | just grab latest stable LVM2; double vmware disk size | tgz man src diff |
| 1.129 | 2004-11-23 | mount tmpfs on /tmp | tgz man src diff |
| 1.128 | 2004-11-20 | don't bother trying to mount /dev/pts | tgz man src diff |
| 1.127 | 2004-11-13 | tweak busybox configuration | tgz man src diff |
| 1.126 | 2004-11-13 | upgrades and tweaks | tgz man src diff |
| 1.125 | 2004-10-12 | simplify; add mount loop support | tgz man src diff |
| 1.124 | 2004-10-09 | increase vmware memory size | tgz man src diff |
| 1.123 | 2004-10-02 | upgrade LVM2 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.122 | 2004-10-02 | tweak clean and vmware targets | tgz man src diff |
| 1.121 | 2004-09-20 | remind me why we need /dev/pts again? | tgz man src diff |
| 1.120 | 2004-09-19 | split off nonessential files to a separate stage 2 installer | tgz man src diff |
| 1.119 | 2004-09-19 | upgrade toast, toastinit, toastlogin | tgz man src diff |
| 1.118 | 2004-09-05 | upgrade toast, genext2fs, proftpd; use libtiff mirror; have toast 1.342 expand URLs for GNOME and KDE |
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| 1.117 | 2004-09-04 | add Makefile target to run under VMware as well as Bochs; upgrade LVM2 and LILO; remove spurious zip URL |
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| 1.116 | 2004-09-04 | upgrade bash | tgz man src diff |
| 1.115 | 2004-09-03 | mostly URL tinkering | tgz man src diff |
| 1.114 | 2004-08-30 | remove stale hdparm URL; SCSI fix needs to run in chroot, not outside | tgz man src diff |
| 1.113 | 2004-08-30 | use more stable zsh URL; upgrade GNU tar; boot from SCSI if necessary | tgz man src diff |
| 1.112 | 2004-08-29 | building gcc-core before binutils is quicker and more likely to work | tgz man src diff |
| 1.111 | 2004-08-29 | disable console blanking during install | tgz man src diff |
| 1.110 | 2004-08-29 | upgrade toast to 1.339 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.109 | 2004-08-29 | updated utoast and utoastdeb | tgz man src diff |
| 1.108 | 2004-08-29 | updated linux-config for 2.6.8.1; added VMware SCSI support | tgz man src diff |
| 1.107 | 2004-08-28 | restore e2fsck groundwork; disable resize2fs for now | tgz man src diff |
| 1.106 | 2004-08-28 | add resize2fs to installer | tgz man src diff |
| 1.105 | 2004-08-28 | upgrade parted on install disk | tgz man src diff |
| 1.104 | 2004-08-22 | upgrade both references to LVM2 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.103 | 2004-08-22 | upgrade linux and busybox on install floppy | tgz man src diff |
| 1.102 | 2004-08-17 | removed toast-markup; added timings | tgz man src diff |
| 1.101 | 2004-07-20 | update/remove package URLs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.100 | 2004-07-19 | update/remove some package URLs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.99 | 2004-07-19 | upgrade device-mapper and LVM2 on target system to version used by installer | tgz man src diff |
| 1.98 | 2004-07-18 | upgrade to toast 1.336 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.97 | 2004-07-16 | major restructuring: split URLs into separate "add" step | tgz man src diff |
| 1.96 | 2004-07-16 | fine-tune utoastdeb spew | tgz man src diff |
| 1.95 | 2004-07-16 | LFS took down their patch for findutils 4.1; find something more recent | tgz man src diff |
| 1.94 | 2004-07-16 | fix utoastdeb again; try to convince vi to use the whole screen | tgz man src diff |
| 1.93 | 2004-07-15 | maybe this version of utoastdeb will actually work | tgz man src diff |
| 1.92 | 2004-07-14 | whoops | tgz man src diff |
| 1.91 | 2004-07-14 | clean up progress display code; default to 50 lines rather than 25 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.90 | 2004-07-14 | untested attempt to fix hostname glitch and make Debian binaries less brittle | tgz man src diff |
| 1.89 | 2004-07-11 | upgrade toastinit and toastlogin so that maybe we can boot into X properly | tgz man src diff |
| 1.88 | 2004-07-11 | upgrade to GNOME 2.6.2; try a simpler workaround for gtk+ build problem | tgz man src diff |
| 1.87 | 2004-07-10 | update linux and busybox configurations so as to use less space | tgz man src diff |
| 1.86 | 2004-07-10 | updated versions of the software on the install disk | tgz man src diff |
| 1.85 | 2004-06-23 | I ran into some kind of ridiculous nonsense trying to download CVS; upgraded toast-markup, which now includes sgml-common + opensp + openjade |
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| 1.84 | 2004-06-01 | upgrade debian gcc/binutils, again | tgz man src diff |
| 1.83 | 2004-05-31 | upgrade toast; maybe sgml-common will build now! | tgz man src diff |
| 1.82 | 2004-05-27 | try to work around problems encountered during latest trial run | tgz man src diff |
| 1.81 | 2004-05-25 | a few package URLs are broken: just look for latest version; ghostscript didn't build, look at it later |
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| 1.80 | 2004-05-24 | default to vga=ext EXTRAS=X | tgz man src diff |
| 1.79 | 2004-05-24 | upgrade debian bash | tgz man src diff |
| 1.78 | 2004-05-24 | update debian glibc | tgz man src diff |
| 1.77 | 2004-05-23 | try to get SGML stuff installed | tgz man src diff |
| 1.76 | 2004-05-13 | try to fix various problems encountered while doing a full install | tgz man src diff |
| 1.75 | 2004-05-05 | downgrade flex to fix XFree86 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.74 | 2004-05-05 | tweak installed /etc/fstab; add /etc/filesystems; normalize all sourceforge.net download URLs |
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| 1.73 | 2004-05-04 | upgrade toast to get shared openssl needed by... something; netpbm needs some libraries; other things are broken; disable proxy |
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| 1.72 | 2004-05-04 | figlet needs the latest toast; gale still needs funny LDFLAGS; mutt wants /var/spool/mail to exist |
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| 1.71 | 2004-05-04 | kbd needs bison | tgz man src diff |
| 1.70 | 2004-05-04 | openssh requires zlib; other things might enjoy it also | tgz man src diff |
| 1.69 | 2004-05-03 | upgraded openssl; switch to HTTP mirror | tgz man src diff |
| 1.68 | 2004-05-03 | upgrade toastinit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.67 | 2004-05-03 | added time estimate for dhcpcd | tgz man src diff |
| 1.66 | 2004-04-30 | add a bunch of optional packages | tgz man src diff |
| 1.65 | 2004-04-30 | upgrade toastinit; install dhcpcd instead of udhcp | tgz man src diff |
| 1.64 | 2004-04-30 | adjusted time estimates to match latest test run | tgz man src diff |
| 1.63 | 2004-04-29 | upgrade toastinit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.62 | 2004-04-29 | ifconfig is pretty important | tgz man src diff |
| 1.61 | 2004-04-29 | cpio won't build without texinfo | tgz man src diff |
| 1.60 | 2004-04-28 | try to cut down on build time by building gcc-core, then gcc | tgz man src diff |
| 1.59 | 2004-04-28 | reorder packages; upgrade toastinit; use /bin/zsh in /etc/passwd; rename "finish" task to "bootable"; make lilo labels short enough |
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| 1.58 | 2004-04-27 | added estimates for openssl and openssh | tgz man src diff |
| 1.57 | 2004-04-27 | debug toastinit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.56 | 2004-04-26 | installed /etc/fstab needs /dev entry for devfs; upgrade toastinit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.55 | 2004-04-25 | don't estimate time remaining unless we're at least 1% complete | tgz man src diff |
| 1.54 | 2004-04-25 | improve installer status display doodad | tgz man src diff |
| 1.53 | 2004-04-24 | the latest toast should be able to build openssl | tgz man src diff |
| 1.52 | 2004-04-23 | upgrade toastinit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.51 | 2004-04-23 | fill in estimated task completion times from last night's run | tgz man src diff |
| 1.50 | 2004-04-22 | cure for new LVM2 not being able to find any devices | tgz man src diff |
| 1.49 | 2004-04-22 | fix runtime linking problems with LVM2 | tgz man src diff |
| 1.48 | 2004-04-22 | display time remaining, dammit | tgz man src diff |
| 1.47 | 2004-04-22 | coax new version of LVM2 into cross-compiling | tgz man src diff |
| 1.46 | 2004-04-22 | build static libdevmapper for install disk | tgz man src diff |
| 1.45 | 2004-04-22 | root filesystem needs /mnt/boot to exist so toastinit can boot it | tgz man src diff |
| 1.44 | 2004-04-22 | mount sysfs on root partition; skip broken openssl/openssh build for now | tgz man src diff |
| 1.43 | 2004-04-22 | update device-mapper and LVM2 URLs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.42 | 2004-04-22 | oops | tgz man src diff |
| 1.41 | 2004-04-21 | sysvinit needs /dev/initctl | tgz man src diff |
| 1.40 | 2004-04-21 | ncurses apparently wants a C++ compiler; this is the easiest way to get one | tgz man src diff |
| 1.39 | 2004-04-21 | can't build anything without grep | tgz man src diff |
| 1.38 | 2004-04-21 | bzip2 won't build with TOAST_PRELOAD=true | tgz man src diff |
| 1.37 | 2004-04-20 | display time elapsed/remaining | tgz man src diff |
| 1.36 | 2004-04-20 | oops | tgz man src diff |
| 1.35 | 2004-04-20 | reorder tasks to try to make the install work again | tgz man src diff |
| 1.34 | 2004-04-20 | simplify task accounting and try to calculate time remaining | tgz man src diff |
| 1.33 | 2004-04-19 | reorder tasks to try to get things working again | tgz man src diff |
| 1.32 | 2004-04-19 | fix chown of homedir during setup to use numeric uid/gid | tgz man src diff |
| 1.31 | 2004-04-19 | record some task timings; add more essential stuff before removing busybox | tgz man src diff |
| 1.30 | 2004-04-18 | fix processing of IF variable; add USERS variable | tgz man src diff |
| 1.29 | 2004-04-18 | add cpio and openssh to base install | tgz man src diff |
| 1.28 | 2004-04-16 | upgrade busybox; don't invoke run twice at startup | tgz man src diff |
| 1.27 | 2004-04-16 | resume install when user exits shell | tgz man src diff |
| 1.26 | 2004-04-16 | fix setup bug; spiff up task list | tgz man src diff |
| 1.25 | 2004-04-16 | task was returning 0 on failure and misrendering task list | tgz man src diff |
| 1.24 | 2004-04-16 | fix misc. bugs; streamline task list | tgz man src diff |
| 1.23 | 2004-04-15 | fixed a few stupid bugs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.22 | 2004-04-15 | added /boot lv to placate lilo; lots of other attempted fixes | tgz man src diff |
| 1.21 | 2004-04-14 | break everything II: progress indicator, add vga=ext support to kernel | tgz man src diff |
| 1.20 | 2004-04-14 | fixed a few more migrate/toaststrap problems | tgz man src diff |
| 1.19 | 2004-04-14 | fix some more migrate problems | tgz man src diff |
| 1.18 | 2004-04-13 | fixed some utoast bugs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.17 | 2004-04-13 | fix a few stupid migrate bugs; upgrade debian binary packages again | tgz man src diff |
| 1.16 | 2004-04-13 | toastify busybox | tgz man src diff |
| 1.15 | 2004-04-13 | break everything! | tgz man src diff |
| 1.14 | 2004-04-13 | random fixing and futzing | tgz man src diff |
| 1.13 | 2004-04-12 | enhanced toast-linux program | tgz man src diff |
| 1.12 | 2004-04-11 | Makefile now downloads and builds mkisofs | tgz man src diff |
| 1.11 | 2004-04-11 | oops, forgot dummy mkisofs stuff | tgz man src diff |
| 1.10 | 2004-04-11 | beginnings of floppy/CD creation program and man page | tgz man src diff |
| 1.9 | 2004-04-10 | use chroot instead of pivot_root (untested) | tgz man src diff |
| 1.8 | 2004-04-09 | toaststrap should mostly work now | tgz man src diff |
| 1.7 | 2004-04-09 | added further missing dependencies to toaststrap | tgz man src diff |
| 1.6 | 2004-04-08 | fix a bunch of toaststrap problems | tgz man src diff |
| 1.5 | 2004-04-07 | add empty /etc/ld.so.conf to suppress ldconfig warning; rebuild perl in separate toast invocation so toast doesn't get confused |
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| 1.4 | 2004-04-07 | switch to a working version of binutils | tgz man src diff |
| 1.3 | 2004-04-05 | utoast needs /usr/man to exist; upgrade debs; glibc needs the real perl | tgz man src diff |
| 1.2 | 2004-04-05 | fix some obvious build problems | tgz man src diff |
| 1.1 | 2004-04-04 | Initial revision | tgz man src |