> >Once you can get to OF, it'd be: > >'boot fd:linux load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram' (I think). > > > >To boot with bootx, copy root.bin into the same folder as the bootx > >app itself and rename it to ramdisk.image.gz, you also need the linux > >kernel image, which should be placed in the 'Linux Kernels' folder; > >then launch the bootx app and make sure to check the 'Use ramdisk' > >checkbox. > > There's a feature in BootX specially made for distribution CDs: You can > have the kernel, ramdisk and settings files just next to the BootX > application. This way, you can provide a double-clicable application > which launches with the correct default settings for the installer > (mostly "use ramdisk" and the ramdisk_size argument). > > If you want to try the new BootX 1.2b1, there is also support for coff > images with embedded ramdisk. Those are also supported by miBoot so you > can make real boot floppies for pre-newworld machines. Once I have > finished with the iBook support, I'll try to fix quik so we can make > bootable CDs that boot both newworld and pre-newworld machines.
Have you an example file for this? Thanks, Hartmut