From: akingdom@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Sandy Knapp) Subject: Re: How to get a boot/root linux floppy Date: 14 Aug 1993 14:50:15 GMT
Bob Crosson (crosson@cam.nist.gov) wrote:
: Doing a 'dd if=/zImage of=/dev/fd0' copies a bootable image
: to a floppy. I know this part works. The problem is how to
: get a root file system on that same floppy and how to get the
: image to mount that root file system.
Actually it's really simple. Make your favorite file system on the floppy.
Fill in the directory structure witth the required utilities and put a
kernel on the disk. Install lilo on the disk (/etc/lilo). Set up the
lilo config file to boot from /dev/fd0 and mount it as root. Run lilo
and voila! bootable floppy.
I'd love a good explanation of using a ramdisk as root though.
Philip