From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) Subject: Bootdisk/rootdisk? Date: 14 Feb 1993 02:01:39 GMT
Remember the bootdisk/rootdisk combination?
I am trying to make a bootdisk/rootdisk combination WITHOUT LILO! Mind
you I too DEPEND on LILO, but only on HD. My bootdisk/rootdisk combination
works pretty well, but I can't get /etc/rc to execute at boot time. After
I put in my 2nd disk (rootdisk) and press enter, I get:
init: exec rc failed
Why???
This much I DO know:
1) This is the same "init" and "rc" I use on my hard disk
2) My Linux Makefile has "ROOT_DEV" commented out, thus defaulting
to FLOPPY
3) I can login OK, and SCSI tape backup works fine - just /etc/rc
seems to fail
4) The bootdisk was created with "make disk"
5) This has nothing to do with the version of Linux - I have had this
problem for some time now
BTW- the reason I want separate bootdisk/rootdisk is to fit more files
on rootdisk. Sure would be nice to have a "network rootdisk" and
install Linux via ftp, the way 386BSD does...
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