October 10, 201213 yr I'm hoping someone could help me get clear on what each of the folders on the boot drive are for and what is run at start up and what isn't.. Specifically... /boot/plugins - for .plg files - all installed at start up through installplg - pretty sure I have that one right /boot/extras - what goes here - are these automatically installed at boot? /boot/packages - extra libraries for plugins - are these installed automatically, or is it just like a cache for plugins - are these installed with installpkg? whats the difference between extras and packages... Cheers, whiteatom
October 10, 201213 yr Extras are packages you want installed automatically, /packages is basically a cache like you said. /boot/plugins is intended for system plugins, while /boot/config/plugins is intended for user plugins. All plugins install with installplg and packages installed with installpkg or upgradepkg.
October 10, 201213 yr Author Ahh ok thanks.. I had nano in the packages folder and it wasn't getting installed.. I guess that's why I was kinda figuring it out while I was writing.. so thanks for confirming I was on the right track.
October 10, 201213 yr Ahh ok thanks.. I had nano in the packages folder and it wasn't getting installed.. I guess that's why I was kinda figuring it out while I was writing.. so thanks for confirming I was on the right track. unMENU uses /boot/packages for the files it uses in package management, it has nothing to do with stock unRAID unMENU installs a line in your "config/go" script to invoke all the *.auto_install files it finds in /boot/packages. (Most of those install *.tgz packages located in /boot/packages.) Many plugins are based on unMENU packages... in fact, the xml format used for plugin definition files is based on the unMENU package.conf file format. Eventually, most will use "plugin" packages, but there is NO manager for them, and the "event" system to invoke and stop them is barely working. Until it matures to where a single mis-behaving plugin will not prevent the array from stopping, or starting, it will have a lot of room for improvements. The "event"system is in its infancy, as is the entire plugin system. Give them time, but expect issues. Joe L.
October 11, 201213 yr Author I have never had unmenu.. but I have the packages folder - I guess like you said because the plugins are "converted". Put a few notes on the wiki. whiteatom
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