RE: making a floppy for essential modules
I'm in the process of doing the same thing for an HP-DL360.
Here is the websites I'm working off of:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200310/msg05875.html
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s
-rescue-replace-kernel
I can't seem to get the kernel small enough to fit on a floppy.
Setup is 4651 bytes.
System is 1052 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy.
I'm still working on it so I can't provide much more help. GL
If anyone has install floppies for dl-360/380 with cciss driver could you
post a link.
Thanks,
Keith.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: New Disorder Records [mailto:ernst@hblindustries.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:38 PM
> To: Michael Martinell
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: making a floppy for essential modules
>
>
> thanks, but I can't install normally if I can't see the hard
> drive. The
> installer (any one of the flavors of installer, including
> bf24) doesn't
> see the harddrive on my 1750, so I need to install a driver
> at that point,
> I assume, in order to continue the installation.
> So, I can make it to step 2 of your steps, but not step 3.
> I have a
> driver, I just need to know how to make a disk that the
> installer will
> recognize to load it.
>
> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003,
> Michael Martinell wrote:
>
> > Here is how I set up my Dell
> > Set up Debian 3.0r1 on Dell Poweredge 2400
> >
> > 1. Insert Debian disk and boot from it.
> > 2. At boot: prompt type bf24 and press enter.
> > 3. Complete rest of install normally. Make sure to install the c
> > compiler.
> > 4. Download most current kernel. For this example it was 2.4.20
> > 5. Copy kernel to /usr/src
> > 6. tar xzvf linux-2.4.20.tar.gz
> > 7. rm linux
> > 8. ln -s linux-2.4.20 linux
> > 9. ls -al (verify symbolic link you just created)
> > 10. cd /usr/src/linux
> > 11. make menuconfig
> > 12. Select your options in the menu
> > 13. Store configuration to file. This is your backup.
> > 14. make dep
> > 15. make clean
> > 16. make bzImage (ignore warning message)
> > 17. make modules
> > 18. make modules_install
> > 19. make install
> > 20. vi /etc/lilo.conf
> > 21. Verify settings are correct.
> > lilo.conf
> > Samba:/etc# more lilo.conf
> > # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
> > # --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
> > # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
> > # +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> > # | !! Reminder !! |
> > # | |
> > # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
> > # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The |
> > # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image |
> > # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. |
> > # | |
> > # +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> > # Support LBA for large hard disks.
> > #
> > lba32
> > # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
> > # harddisk order. Use with caution.
> > #disk=/dev/hde
> > # bios=0x81
> > #disk=/dev/sda
> > # bios=0x80
> > # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
> > # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
> > # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
> > #
> > boot=/dev/sda
> > # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
> > #
> > root=/dev/sda1
> > # Enable map compaction:
> > # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
> > # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
> > # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
> > # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
> > # because it doesn't always work.
> > #
> > # compact
> > # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
> > # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
> > # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
> > #
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > # Specifies the location of the map file
> > #
> > map=/boot/map
> > # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
> > # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
> > # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
> > # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
> > # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
> > # standard default boot will not require one.
> > #
> > # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
> > # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
> > # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
> > #
> > # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
> > # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
> > # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
> > # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
> > # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
> > # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
> > #
> > # password=tatercounter2000
> > # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
> > # wait before booting the first image.
> > #
> > delay=100
> > # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
> > # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
> > # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
> > # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
> > # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
> > # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
> > #
> > # message=/boot/bootmess.txt
> > prompt
> > # single-key
> > # single-key
> > # delay=100
> > # timeout=100
> > # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal,
> extended, ask, <mode>)
> > #
> > # vga=ask
> > # vga=9
> > #
> > vga=normal
> > # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
> > # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
> > # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
> > #
> > # append="ide2=0xd400,0xd002 ide3=0xcc00,0xc802
> hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi"
> > # Boot up Linux by default.
> > #
> > default=Linux
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-x
> > label=Linux
> > read-only
> > # restricted
> > # alias=1
> > image=/vmlinuz
> > label=OldLinux
> > read-only
> > # restricted
> > # alias=2
> > # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can
> uncomment the
> > # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
> > # where your other OS' partition is.
> > #
> > # other=/dev/hda4
> > # label=HURD
> > # restricted
> > # alias=3
> >
> > 22. /sbin/lilo
> > 23. shutdown -r now
> > 24. cd /etc/network
> > 25. vi interfaces
> > 26. Verify the following. Make changes as required.
> > # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for
> ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> >
> > auto eth0
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.0.25
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> > network 192.168.0.0
> > broadcast 192.168.0.255
> > gateway 192.168.0.71
> >
> > auto eth1
> > iface eth1 inet static
> > address 192.168.0.26
> > netmask 255.255.255.0
> > network 192.168.0.0
> > broadcast 192.168.0.255
> > gateway 192.168.0.71
> >
> > 27. shutdown -r now
> > 28.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: New Disorder Records [mailto:ernst@hblindustries.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:09 PM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: making a floppy for essential modules
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to install debian on a dell poweredge, but I
> need drivers
> > for the hard drives and ethernet card. I have found the
> drivers, but I
> > have no idea how to put them on a floppy disk so that
> debian will see them
> > when I put the floppy in. I don't have other debian
> machines in the
> > office, so I have to make the floppies on a windows
> machine. Any advice
> > about how to put the drivers on a floppy so that debian
> will see them
> > would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Ernst Schoen-Rene,
> > HBL Industries.
> >
> >
> >
>
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