Re: [help] modules preload documentation
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:46:49AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> Could a native speaker proofread this?
Here's the result, make sure I didn't screw something up:
Index: tech-info.sgml
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RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/en/tech-info.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 tech-info.sgml
--- tech-info.sgml 2002/04/15 04:33:21 1.26
+++ tech-info.sgml 2002/04/16 03:52:46
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
you didn't perform the last step properly, then
&Configure-Device-Driver-Modules; won't find any modules and thus
will be sad.
-
+<p>
<!-- end i386 --> ]]>
<![ %m68k [
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
custom kernel to <file>/mnt/linux.bin.gz</file>.
<p>If you want to be complete about it, you'll also want to gzip the
-System.map from your custom kernel and place it in <file>/mnt</file>
+System.map from your custom kernel, gzip it and place it in <file>/mnt</file>
as sys_map.gz and gzip the .config and place it in <file>/mnt</file>
as config.gz.
@@ -170,6 +170,45 @@
]]>
+<![ %i386 [
+<sect>Preloading Existing Modules
+<p>
+If you need an essential driver in order to access the harddisk or installation
+source device, you can use existing modules instead of recompiling the whole
+kernel. You can preload driver modules from a floppy disk before mounting the
+root partition. To prepare such a floppy, you will need:
+<p><list>
+<item>Another box running Linux, a floppy drive and the usual tools</item>
+<item>Alternatively, a Win32 machine, using the usual Windows tools and GNU
+ tar and gzip (or Winzip)</item>
+<item>a freshly formatted floppy disk</item>
+<item>pen and paper</item>
+</list>
+Here are the steps to create the preload disk, assuming that you are on a Linux box
+and plan to use the bf2.4 flavor later:
+<list>
+<item>Mount your Debian CD-ROM in /cdrom</item>
+<item>Create a temporary directory and change to it (<tt>cd /tmp; mkdir work; cd work</tt>)</item>
+<item>Extract the kernel and modules for the flavor that you want to install with...
+<example>
+su
+tar -zxvf /cdrom/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/drivers.tgz
+tar -zxvf modules.tgz
+less lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/modules.dep
+</example></item>
+<item>Read the modules.dep file, locate the modules that you are looking for, and
+note their dependencies. Note the order in which the modules depend on each
+other. Do the same for each dependency, unless you have a list of modules
+that can be loaded without dependencies.</item>
+<item>Copy all required modules to a separate location.</item>
+<item>Format your floppy disk, create the msdos filesystem (<tt>mformat a:</tt>).</item>
+<item>Make a directory called <file>boot</file> on the floppy disk. Copy all required
+modules to this directory.</item>
+<item>You can use this disk to preload modules. Do not lose your notes, you
+may need them to load the modules in the correct order.</item>
+</list>
+</sect>
+<!-- end i386 --> ]]>
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