Re: [debian-knoppix] floppyconfig v. script and yet another install option
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 06:49:42PM +0200, Hans-Achim Unger wrote:
> is it possible in the next release to substitute the
> parameter floppyconf with a script that looks for knoppix.sh
> and executes it, like:
>
> mdir a:knoppix.sh && /bin/mount /dev/fd0 /mnt && /bin/bash
> /mnt/knoppix.sh
It is possible, but...
> I don't know weather it would make trouble on systems
> without floppy. Maybe knoppix.sh should be send in the
> background to prevent the system from hangup.
... it DOES give trouble, if you count 10
Minutes delay on a floppy-less Laptop.
> Another interesting for installation on an old 800MB HD:
>
> Put the _compressed_ CD on Harddisk and boot from floppy:
>
> Make a 720 MD partition with fdisk, say /dev/hda1, user the
> rest as swap or data disk and use a floppylinux for:
>
> dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hda1 # assuming /dev/hdc is CDROM
>
> You can not boot with syslinux or lilo AKAIK, but loadlin on
> a small dos partition should do I think, but I have not
> tested yet.
This should already work if you just copy the KNOPPIX directory to an
empty harddisk partition and boot from floppy, I think.
Regards
-Klaus
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