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Re: [debian-knoppix] Running the compressed iso from hd: does it have to be /KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX ?



On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 07:31:03PM +0200, Fabian Franz wrote:
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> Am Samstag, 9. August 2003 18:00 schrieb Dirk Eddelbuettel:
> > I have Knoppix (or rather my remastered Quantian variant) running straight
> > from the compressed image on a laptop which happened to have a spare
> > partition; this works just fine.
> >
> > But is there a cheatcode I should know to do the same without using a
> > top-level /KNOPPIX directory?  In other words, can I somehow tell lilo to
> > boot from
> >      	  	/var/local/knoppix-stuff/KNOPPIX/knoppix
> >
> > Is that possible?
> 
> Lilo ?
> 
> You have to change the initrd ...

That was my hunch as the code that scans for /KNOPPIX on all /dev/hda
partitions would probably sit inside of miniroot.gz. [ I was sloppy in my
terminology -- I mean tell lilo which can tell the initrd/kernel etc pp ]

> But that would get rather complicated ...

Ok, never mind then.  Thanks for the cluebat, though :)

Dirk

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