Re: boot disk dilemma
I guess loop back device/module is not available in boot diski kernel
image. Well try idepci if you have some pci network card or just roll
your own boot disk by replacing boot option which include network device
or loop back... but this is too much :-)
I usually do not mind having few driver floppies, though. It is only
one time thing.
If you insist, create a small partition (vfat or ext2 )and put all
boot/root, deb for normal kernel package, and base.tgz files in it.
This way, you do not even use loop back nor network. After install, add
this to swap by changing partition ID. This is just a thought....
Good luck :-)
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 08:30:29PM +0200, MaD dUCK wrote:
> also sprach Osamu Aoki (on Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:38:10AM -0700):
> > dd driver disks (3 of them for compact) to Floppy as originally designed
> > like boot/root disks. Good luck :-)
>
> well, i understood that, and i have my disks. but in the
> installationprogram, there are two options:
> - preload modules (for use in initrd)
> takes modules in the root directory of the floppy
> i.e. floppy needs to be mounted
> - configure device drivers
V> tries to mount the floppy
> then copies all modules to /target/lib/modules/...
>
> but the driver-1.bin file can't be loop mounted nor can the disk be
> mounted.
>
> if i strip the first 512 bytes, then the remainder is part of a gzip
> file, but the installation program doesn't do anything with it.
>
> sure, i can take a floppy with the modules on it, but there has to be
> a better way that's debian native...
>
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