FatKat
10-23-2002, 06:51 AM
Seeing as how that none of the boot kernels on the slackware cdrom for bootup doesnt include all the things i need for my hardware in order for me to install it im trying to go about making my own bootdisk for the installation
I came across a 'MAKEDISK' file in the /slackware/unsupported/bootdisks section of one of the ftp servers that has the slackware distro on it which outlines how to put one together but im still a little unclear as to how to get it to work
The contents of this file is
How to make a Slackware boot disk.
(0) Use an existing boot disk as a template. dd it out to a floppy. I
usually use scsi.s as a template disk.
(1) Mount the disk to /mnt
(2) cat <new kernel image> > /mnt/vmlinuz
(3) cat System.map | gzip -9c > /mnt/System.map.gz
(4) cat config | gzip -9c > /mnt/config.gz
(5) Edit /mnt/boot/message and make any changes you want.
(6) rdev -R /mnt/vmlinuz 0
(7) rdev /mnt/vmlinuz /dev/fd0u1440
(8) rdev -r /mnt/vmlinuz 49152
(9) lilo -r /mnt
(A) umount /mnt
I went through the process of configuring and compiling a kernel on this maching of mine that im on now that will work with the one im trying to install to using 'make bzdisk' rather than 'make bzimage' then went on doing what that MAKEDISK file outlines
I was unable to cat the files over onto the template floppy and got errors stating that the file i was cat'n to did not exist on the floppy even though when i ls -al i clearly see the files i want to cat to
What i would like to know is if anyone knows how i may get this to work out so i have a bootdisk to use to install with and also if i was right in going about configuring and compiling the kernel to use for this proceedure, i figured that make bzdisk would do since i want it to fit to floppy but i also saw something about a make bzlilo that i dont know what thats for or should i just use make bzimage
If im unable to make this bootdisk could someone point me into the dirrection of a possibility of installing via ftp so that way i can plug my modem into the pc's ethernet card instead of trying to get a bootdisk with both Adaptec AIC-7870 SCSI and Mylex DAC960 Raid support to have access to my hdd's and cdrom for installation
I came across a 'MAKEDISK' file in the /slackware/unsupported/bootdisks section of one of the ftp servers that has the slackware distro on it which outlines how to put one together but im still a little unclear as to how to get it to work
The contents of this file is
How to make a Slackware boot disk.
(0) Use an existing boot disk as a template. dd it out to a floppy. I
usually use scsi.s as a template disk.
(1) Mount the disk to /mnt
(2) cat <new kernel image> > /mnt/vmlinuz
(3) cat System.map | gzip -9c > /mnt/System.map.gz
(4) cat config | gzip -9c > /mnt/config.gz
(5) Edit /mnt/boot/message and make any changes you want.
(6) rdev -R /mnt/vmlinuz 0
(7) rdev /mnt/vmlinuz /dev/fd0u1440
(8) rdev -r /mnt/vmlinuz 49152
(9) lilo -r /mnt
(A) umount /mnt
I went through the process of configuring and compiling a kernel on this maching of mine that im on now that will work with the one im trying to install to using 'make bzdisk' rather than 'make bzimage' then went on doing what that MAKEDISK file outlines
I was unable to cat the files over onto the template floppy and got errors stating that the file i was cat'n to did not exist on the floppy even though when i ls -al i clearly see the files i want to cat to
What i would like to know is if anyone knows how i may get this to work out so i have a bootdisk to use to install with and also if i was right in going about configuring and compiling the kernel to use for this proceedure, i figured that make bzdisk would do since i want it to fit to floppy but i also saw something about a make bzlilo that i dont know what thats for or should i just use make bzimage
If im unable to make this bootdisk could someone point me into the dirrection of a possibility of installing via ftp so that way i can plug my modem into the pc's ethernet card instead of trying to get a bootdisk with both Adaptec AIC-7870 SCSI and Mylex DAC960 Raid support to have access to my hdd's and cdrom for installation