[Voyage-linux] Questions with DHCP Client (dhcp3?? ) && Asterisk -- Unable to "remountro"

[Matt Signorello]

Hey Punky,

Thanks for your reply. I will attempt the method you outlined for the
DHCP client. As of now, I do have it working in tmpfs.. would you be
able to elaborate how your method differs from just adding
/var/lib/dhcp3 into the "tmpfs" voyage-util?

Regarding Asterisk.. I was able to install the Asterisk 1.6 package
using apt-get.. It did install, and it was running. While Voyage One
looks exciting, I wanted to attempt to run the system with limited
extras (specifically no gui so I could code it by hand) I actually
co-own a company that makes embedded PBX systems (my partner used
Slackware as a base) and we wrote a drag and drop GUI for Asterisk..
but this being my own personal system and not really having as much
hands on experience as I would like... i wanted to try and get my
hands a little dirty.

Do you have any suggestions for this? Is there a Voyage specific
package that I have missed? Would you suggest I compile from source
using the dev environment? If so I would like to make an Asterisk 1.4
since 1.6 has been a hog of system resources.

Thanks again for a great distribution!

-Matt

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Kim-man 'Punky' TSE
<punkytse at punknix.com> wrote:
>  Hi Matt,
>
> In the coming voyage 0.7, dhcp-client will be used.  In this case, we will
> use the legacy rw/ro mechanism.  The latest voyage-utils should come with a
> tools for you to make the link.
>
> /usr/local/sbin/voyage-rwfile.sh create /var/lib/dhcp3
>
> such that, it moves your existing /var/lib/dhcp3 to /ro/var/lib/dhcp3, make
> a symlink /var/lib/dhcp3 ->  /lib/init/rw/var/lib/dhcp3.  At  boot, all
> files and directories will be copied from /ro to /lib/init/rw.
>
> The drawback of this method is that all files under
> /lib/init/rw/var/lib/dhcp3 will be lost after reboot.  I believe it is OK
> for dhcp lease info.
>
> For asterisk issue, did you use Voyage ONE or you make your own?
>
> Regards,
> Punky
>
> On 8/13/2010 8:13 AM, Matt Signorello wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> First I would like to say that this is a GREAT distro and EXACTLY what
>> I have been looking for in a compact distribution.. THANKS!
>>
>> What is the stock DHCP client? I have properly configured my
>> interfaces file however I was not able to get any kind of IP address
>> automatically until I installed the "dhcp3-client" package. However
>> the default package writes the lease file to /var/lib/dhcp3 and it
>> forces / to become rw. I have managed to work around this by creating
>> a tempfs in /etc/default/voyage-util for /var/lib/dhcp3.. I was
>> curious if this was the right thing or if I am missing something
>> obvious.
>>
>> I have a similar situation with Asterisk making / unable to me
>> remounted as read only at boot. I have to kill asterisk then remountro
>> and then start Asterisk again.. I thought voyage linux was very much a
>> part of a PBX platform (VoyageOne) so I was surprised to see this
>> behavior.. Again, am I missing something?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>>
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>
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> Punky
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