Hi Scott Well I'm new to this too, but I've done this in two ways.
Method 1 - editing existing: Download an existing boot floppies (eg bf2.4) set, dd to floppy and mount rescue.bin i.e. mount -t auto -o loop rescue.bin /mnt create a custom kernel flavour to meet your needs Then replace linux.bin this with bzImage of the custom kernel you've created i.e. cp bzImage /mnt/linux.bin run rdev.sh umount /mnt This will now allow you to boot to the appropriately flavoured kernel and later allow you to copy it to the HD during installation. Method 2 - roll your own: I had to move on to method 2 because I wanted to run 2.4.19 with a very cut-down kernel and you can't simply change kernel version with the above method and bf2.4. It's a bit tricky to set up at first, but once it's running it's great. Download and unpack boot-floppies-3.0.23 Download and install kernel-package kernel-package creates a .deb of your kernel (e.g. for me kernel-image-2.4.19_custom.x.x.deb) & module etc - see readme for make etc you then need to get boot-floppies to use this kernel when it creates the boot floppies by placing it in /archive/debian/local/ - there's a readme for info about all this. in boot-floppies there are a few vars you'll need to change, namely kver in setup, and you may want to comment out some of the lines in Makefile (for example, I only leave $(MAKE) drivers.tgz, $(MAKE) resc2880.bin, $(MAKE) tftpboot.img) - this saves a lot of time, as boot-floppies doesn't need to create boot sets you don't want. You'll probably have to make a few other amendments in some other scripts (e.g. documentation) to get it all working sweetly but they don't pose too many problems. When you run make check, you may have a huge number of dependencies - just apt-get what's required. Hope this helps a bit. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Ehrlich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:52 PM Subject: Creating NFS boot floppy? > I am interested in trying to create and NFS-capable boot floppy. > > What steps are needed? Where do I start? > > I have set up many Linux boxes before and have mounted drives, compiled > stuff (including new kernels), etc, so I am not new to Linux - just new to > creating boot floppies and the process behind it. > > Thanks for any leads. > > Scott > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
