RE: How do I build a driver floppy?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Canning [mailto:canning@vitria.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:00 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: How do I build a driver floppy?
>
>
> In order to boot the installation system (2.2r2), I had to
> get the source
> code for newer versions of a couple of drivers (SCSI and
> NIC), build a
> kernel and a rescue disk containing that kernel (using a debian
> installation on an another computer). As a result, I can
> successfully
> install the kernel/modules and base system over the network,
> etc, but when
> I try to boot the base system, it fails because the kernel
> doesn't have the
> newer versions of the drivers. I believe that I need to make
> a driver
> floppy with these drivers, and use it in the "Configure Device Driver
> Modules" step of the installation, but I haven't been able to
> find any
> documentation on how to create a driver floppy.
>
> Can anybody tell me how to create a driver floppy, or point
> me to some
> place that describes it?
>
It is as easy as booting your floppy, switching to a console
screen, and copying the floppy kernel to the hard disk (with
the map) and running lilo. I am assuming that this is a
debian install floppy with your custom kernel on it. I also
assume that since you know how to replace the floppy kernel
you will have no trouble putting it on hd and patching up
lilo.conf.
When you get it to boot from hd, compile a custom kernel
at your earliest convenience.
jim
> thanks
> Peter Canning
>
>
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