Re: could I install Knoppix with debootstrap?
On May 17, 2006, at 2:21 AM, Gilles van Ruymbeke wrote:
Hi Robert,
Q: Do you or anyone else know of an initrd that works with
Knoppix's Linux kernel v2.6.12 ?
A: The linux Kernel v2.6.12 which is used by Knoppix 4.02 and
the boot ramdisk minirt_ntfs.gz both contained inside the link:
[4] http://s94002264.onlinehome.us/grub/kno402.zip referred by
[3] http://knoppix.net/wiki/Win_Partition and
[5] http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11796
will not only allow you to boot Knoppix from the iso file being on
a ntfs partitions,
but also from fat16/32, reiser, or ext2/3.
OK. So, it should work. And it sort of does. Grub shows the menu.
The kernel loads. It then looks for the ISO and returns an error,
something like "could not mount /dev/hda1/k402.iso". The error
flashed too fast on the screen for me to write down. In the end, the
kernel drops me into a minimal ash shell. I know the ISO can be
mounted because I can boot using the CD and using the bootfrom=
cheatcode. Here are some details on my setup after booting from the
Knoppix CD:
root@0[~]# tree /mnt/hda1/
/mnt/hda1/
|-- boot
| |-- grub
| | |-- device.map
| | |-- e2fs_stage1_5
| | |-- fat_stage1_5
| | |-- jfs_stage1_5
| | |-- menu.lst
| | |-- minix_stage1_5
| | |-- reiserfs_stage1_5
| | |-- stage1
| | |-- stage2
| | `-- xfs_stage1_5
| |-- linux
| |-- memtest
| |-- menu.lst
| `-- minirt_ntfs.gz
|-- k402.iso
|-- knoppix.img
|-- knoppix.swp
`-- lost+found
root@0[~]# cat /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst
#######################################
# GvR September 24th 2005
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
timeout=5
default=0
title Knoppix 4.0.2 CD&DVD Patch Update 2005-09-23 from ISO
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/linux ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init
lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 nomce quiet bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso
noprompt dma screen=1600x1200 lang=us noeject 3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/minirt_ntfs.gz
boot
title Memory test
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/memtest
root@0[~]# cat /proc/cmdline
ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791
initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=knoppix BOOT_IMAGE=linux
bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso 3
root@0[~]# df -HTl /mnt/hda1/
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/UNIONFS/dev/hda1
ext3 3.2G 953M 2.1G 32% /mnt/hda1
Am I overlooking something obvious? Any pointers would be greatly
appreciated.
Regards,
- Robert
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