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rakslice / dell_unix_install_cd

Scripts to create a Dell Unix (ancient Dell SVR4 product) installation CD
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Subdirectories in `additional_data` mess up the expected file offsets #3

Open rakslice opened 11 months ago

rakslice commented 11 months ago

In the modified installation process for the CD image, the system_fs and base are loaded from fixed offsets in the CD.

Loose files in additional_data that go into the root of the CD don't affect the offsets of the system_fs and base in the image, so work great.

However if subdirectories are added, creating additional subdirectories in the root of the CD, it throws off the offsets.

At least, prevent this from causing a problem: modify the cd creation process to avoid actually putting such subdirectories on the CD and update the README to reflect this.

If possible work out a process where we can get actual updated offsets of the file fed back into the scripts