Re: help creating a special set of boot floppies
Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 04:34:37PM -0500 wrote:
> Hi. I am a blind person who uses Debian. I access the system with a hardware device for
> speech output and a set of kernel patches called speakup to read the screen. I am trying
> to use the 2.4.18-bf2.4 version of the kernel. Of course,
> when I patch the kernel, it becomes to big for the floppy disk. I have moved enough things
> to modules to make room, but now I have a problem creating driver disks.
>
> I can build the kernel using the kernel-package, but can't figure out how to create the
> pcmcia modules package to match my kernel.
> Would someone please tell me where to find documentation on creating a pcmcia modules
> package?
I believe the standard way to to use kernel package with a target of
modules_image. For example, on my system when I got to build a kernel
I do:
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make-kpkg kernel_image modules_image
If pcmcia-source is installed and /usr/src/pcmcia-cs.tar.gz is
extracted (it extracts to /usr/src/modules/) then kernel-package will
find it and build the modules .deb.
>
> I have the source for boot-floppies-3.0.23so I can build the official boot floppies.
> If I understand what is happening, I need my special kernel package, and the pcmcia modules
> package to match it.
> Then, I would add my special package as a new flavor of kernel.
>
That is one way to do it. Perhaps a simpler way to do it is to just
replace the kernel on the rescue disk:
http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel
You won't have working modules disks that way but you should still be
able to complete the install.
-David
> Is this all I need to do to create my special version of boot-floppies? If not, what other
> packages or modifications to the boot-floppies scripts will I need to do?
>
> Thanks in advance for help.
> Kenny
>
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