Hi again. Maybe this is more productive than the last question. Is avoiding to be root or modify fstab in order to do make floppy_images something you could care about? If it is, I have created together the following patch that does just that. Note that you need ldlinux.sys and ldlinux.bss from the syslinux build tree (unfortunately those are compiled into the syslinux binaries, but if you wanted non-root-buildable floppies, it might worth trying). It also need mtools. Obviously having the HOME=. for mtools and the dd's to get the bootsector (or rather the right bits) in isn't too pretty, but it's the best I came up with without using other packages or even patching mtools. Of course the whole idea might be rubbish, too, but I just liked the idea of having an alternative to messing with my fstab or sudo'ing. Regards Thomas
--- debian-installer/build/Makefile.orig Tue Feb 11 00:16:36 2003 +++ debian-installer/build/Makefile Tue Feb 11 00:19:36 2003 @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ # or just something extra on a floppy. #EXTRAFILES=/usr/bin/strace +# Use mtools to build floppies to avoid having to mount stuff +PREFER_MTOOLS="yes" + # set DEBUG to y if you want to get the source for and compile # debug versions of the needed udebs DEBUG=n @@ -437,6 +440,7 @@ dd if=/dev/zero of=$(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new bs=1k count=$(FLOPPY_SIZE) mkfs.msdos -i deb00001 -n 'Debian Installer' -C $(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new $(FLOPPY_SIZE) +ifndef PREFER_MTOOLS ifdef USER_MOUNT_HACK ln -sf `pwd`/$(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new $(USER_MOUNT_HACK) mount $(TMP_MNT) @@ -457,6 +461,21 @@ rm -f $(USER_MOUNT_HACK) else syslinux $(SYSLINUX_OPTS) $(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new +endif +else # ifndef PREFER_MTOOLS + echo drive a: file=\"$(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new\" exclusive > .mtoolsrc + echo MTOOLS_NO_VFAT=1 >> .mtoolsrc + HOME=. mcopy $(KERNEL) A:/linux + HOME=. mcopy $(INITRD) A:/initrd.gz + cp syslinux.cfg $(TEMP)/syslinux.cfg.tmp + todos $(TEMP)/syslinux.cfg.tmp + HOME=. mcopy $(TEMP)/syslinux.cfg.tmp A:/syslinux.cfg + rm $(TEMP)/syslinux.cfg.tmp + HOME=. mcopy ldlinux.sys a:\LDLINUX.SYS + HOME=. mattrib +r a:\LDLINUX.SYS + dd if=ldlinux.bss of=$(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new bs=11 count=1 conv=notrunc + dd if=ldlinux.bss of=$(FLOPPY_IMAGE).new bs=62 skip=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc + rm .mtoolsrc endif # Finalize the image.
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