On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 01:42:43AM +0100, christian mock wrote: > > On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 14:15, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > > > Well, the only reason I could see is if it either needs a kernel > > > config option enabled, not provided by the kernel-image-*-prep > > > package, or else if it needs a file from the kernel build not normally > > > provided by the package. It should be pretty easy to read bootprep.sh > > > > Probably. But I have basically zero knowledge of the PReP architecture, > > and no way to test the resulting kernel image. > > > > So, I'd like to take this opportunity to call for anyone with a working > > knowledge of the PReP architecture, shell script, and preferably C to > > help work on the Debian boot-floppies for PReP. Right now it doesn't > > even build because the root disk is too large. > > by 1954 bytes, yes. > > are we sure we need /sbin/macfdisk on the _PReP_ root image? removing it > allows the root disk to build (and even leaves 10 kB free!).
But what about the rescue image? Right now I'm dying with: E: rootprep.bin is larger than root1440prep.bin (1482757 > 1474560) > well, so far for today, I gotta get me a floppy drive to test this > tomorrow... Er, how do you have one w/o a floppy drive? And at least mine needs its own floppy drive.. -- Tom Rini (TR1265) http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
