lawson_whitney@juno.com schrieb:
On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Oliver Ob wrote:
Hi mates, this is for some boot disk concerns.
I want to learn how to create my own Linux boot disk using which I can run a REAL TIGHT linux from this disk.
To start a linux system, you need a kernel _and_ a root filesystem. To fit both on 1 floppy gets a bit crowded, but can be done.
tomsrtbt is the classic example; you can just use it as is or customise it and build your own, and there is some doco with it. I admit I have never read it, though :-)
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery/
Any pointer to valueable texts, what I plan is this:
Boot Linux incl. Network Run insmod ppa for my ZiP-parallel drive
The easy way to load modules from a boot floppy is with an initrd.
get the mkinitrd rpm (comes with RH based distros, but I have used it on Slackware, so it should work anywhere, and read the man page.
Is there enough place for a mignite comm? or clone?
What is clone? I know clone(), but I don't know it as a command or program. Anything you fit means something else doesn't fit. can you do without rpm, gzip and tar? vi? mail?
You will need to know more about lilo than you want to know. If you can't be bothered with <lilo>/README, at least study the lilo micro-howto.
thanks lawson, too. i misspelled it. i mean midnite comm(ander) or a clone of it, which is significantly shorter to fit (packed to be extracted to a ramdisk) on one 1.44 3.5" disk. -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤