On 2016-08-28 12:36, fsmithred wrote:
> On 08/27/2016 11:13 PM, Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
>> Ralph Ronnquist wrote on 28/08/16 11:37:
>>>
>>> fsmithred wrote on 28/08/16 01:12:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, I'm not getting Ralph's i386 build to boot. It's hanging on
>>>> usb
>>>> (keyboard). Any time I type, I get a usb disconnect and connect
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it was a worse problem. I had updated (improved) the
>>> initramfs hook and then packaged it all without proper testing. This
>>> also affected the amd64 version, which thus fails to build the initrd
>>> properly. The amd64 packages are now corrected, and I'll also update
>>> the
>>> i386 packages shortly.
>>>
>>> If on inspection you find /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/vdev being
>>> non-executable, you should refetch vdev_1.0beta-1_amd64.deb (or all
>>> of
>>> them) and reinstall. (If it already is executable, you have the
>>> initial
>>> release, i.e., without the improved script, and can thus sit back to
>>> enjoy life as usual)
>>
>> Corrected packages available at the same place as before:
>> https://git.devuan.org/ralph.ronnquist/vdev/tree/master/release
>>
>> Note that there is now an explicit dependency on makedev, which might
>> cause a slight hiccup for an i386 installation. If so, a normal
>> "apt-get
>> -f install" will sort it out.
>>
>> Ralph.
>
> The corrected amd64 packages work. I just downloaded, installed and
> rebooted with the new initrd. Smooth as silk.


smooth a silk indeed, Good Job Mr, Ronnquist.

Am happy now!

Tried it in a virtualbox install, will set up one of my comps
with devuan now so I can run it for real.

Can't wait to get it on my rpi3 :)



/scooby