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Re: Creating Install CD with reiserfs



> I noticed that the most recent woody boot disks include a directory
> for Reiserfs support.  How would one create a Debian install CD
> (with the debian-cd package) that uses this kernel / boot image?

If you edit the file '/usr/share/debian-cd/tools/boot/woody/boot-i386'
(or whatever your platform is) to include:

    # what kernel-type to put on what disk?
    # a null "" value will use the default boot-disk kernel
    #
    KTYPE[1]="reiserfs"

Then the first CD created will have a bootable reiserfs kernel, plus
the modules for that kernel and a neat bootstrap installer that knows
how to make reiser partitions and mount them with the right options.
Assuming you include 'make bootable' when building the CD's with the
debian-cd package.

Unfortunately, the boot-floppy stuff doesn't seem to be working
correctly (3.0.12-2001-08-21) -- the modules won't load so I can't
get my network card running (3C509) and it can't find the base system
on the CD either.

But when the boot floppies are ready, it'll be really slick!

Chris
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