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DefconAlpha
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 2:31 pm Post subject: Floppy Install Questions |
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So I am in the middle of making a floppy boot system for Gentoo. I've got this kernel too. It's friggin HUGE. My idea was "hey, lets make anything that will be needed a module." Sounds great, right? Well, with 1.3MB of modules bzip'd that doesn't leave much room for the kernel. So is it possible to put all of the modules on a separate disk?
I can put the root filesystem on another floppy, which i have already figured out how to do, but can you put say... an initial ramdisk on another floppy disk? anyone know how this might be done (if possible?)
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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DefconAlpha,
You can make life easier by using a non standard floppy format.
A standard 1440kb floppy will hold 1743kb or even 1840kb with the right formatting..
Certainly 1743kb floppies boot - M$ call them Microsoft Distribution Format.
See man fdformat and its references.
You can put some of the modules on a second floppy. RedHat do it. They have a boot disk with the common modules but for more esoteric hardware, you have to swap floppies to let the kernel load modules.
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scriptkiddie
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if you have access to a zip drive.. but if so, gentoo works very easily on zip disks  |
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DefconAlpha
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| oubipaws wrote: | | I don't know if you have access to a zip drive.. but if so, gentoo works very easily on zip disks :wink: |
I have no access to zip drives (not off campus anyways) and the target machines that this will be used for more than likely won't have access either.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I can make a .img for you to install on floppies from if you want? |
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DefconAlpha
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:46 pm Post subject: Well |
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I don't wanna let you have all the fun :)
Besides, i started using a vanilla kernel with just xfs patching instead of the gentoo kernel and now i have plenty of space to fit the kernel and drivers onto it...
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