Rootstock stops at "Extracting zlib1g" when trying to build Ubuntu for Beagleboard

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Hi Group,

I'm trying to build a Ubuntu rootfs according to the description at
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu .
Build and installed latest QEMU and rootstock.

When I start rootstock it starts nicely but will freeze time after
time at "I: Extracting zlib1g...".
Build machine is PC running Ubuntu in VMware.

Using Google only shows up some IRC logs without solution (seems to be
QEMU related).
BTW does someone know why rootstock needs QEMU?

Thanks in advance,
wkr,
Joep Schroen

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Hi Group,

I'm trying to build a Ubuntu rootfs according to the description at
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu .
Build and installed latest QEMU and rootstock.

When I start rootstock it starts nicely but will freeze time after
time at "I: Extracting zlib1g...".
Build machine is PC running Ubuntu in VMware.

Yeap, it's a known bug, for the time being use the demo images till
rootstock is fixed...

Using Google only shows up some IRC logs without solution (seems to be
QEMU related).
BTW does someone know why rootstock needs QEMU?

Yes... In the simplest of terms, roostock runs the first deboostrap
stage (download, extracting deb files... arch independent), next it
starts QEMU to perform debootstrap's second stage (arch dependent),
finally a set of configuration scripts and tars up the file system for
use on an end target..

It is possible to do it without qemu, by copying a stage1 debootstrap
to your target and properly running stage2 and configuration stuff..
But rootstock makes it eaiser...

Regards,

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I think i have found and fixed the rootstock bug.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rootstock/+bug/556304
please you check the attached bzr branch
https://code.launchpad.net/~samtygier/project-rootstock/fix556304
and report in the bug repoort

thanks

sam

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Awesome, thanks Sam

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Just Tested: http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/daily/ubuntu-lucid.log

Looks good on debian where it always stopped..