[Thomas Viehmann] > Is avoiding to be root or modify fstab in order to do make > floppy_images something you could care about?
Yes, please. I really would like to build d-i floppies without being root. :) > If it is, I have created together the following patch that does just > that. Note that you need ldlinux.sys and ldlinux.bss from the > syslinux build tree (unfortunately those are compiled into the > syslinux binaries, but if you wanted non-root-buildable floppies, it > might worth trying). Did you try to get the syslinux maintainer to supply these files in the package? A better choice is to change syslinux to work without root access. > It also need mtools. Obviously having the HOME=. for mtools and the > dd's to get the bootsector (or rather the right bits) in isn't too > pretty, but it's the best I came up with without using other > packages or even patching mtools. If it works... > Of course the whole idea might be rubbish, too, but I just liked the > idea of having an alternative to messing with my fstab or sudo'ing. I like the idea too. Please continue working on getting this supported in the tools. I guess the changes needed is to get mtools to use a different config file on request, and then syslinux to use mtools to copy ldlinux.sys into place. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
