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Subject:    Re: [BusyBox] FLoppy Distro
From:       "Tom Johnson" <tom () intechmedia ! com>
Date:       2002-01-17 15:23:03
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Thanks for the info.  I will give it a try tonight.  I have been able to
successfully (I think) build the root fs, but just can't seem to get the
booting to work.

Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard June" <rjune@imagestream.com>
To: "Tom Johnson" <tom@intechmedia.com>; <busybox@busybox.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BusyBox] FLoppy Distro


> I started w/ a RH install floppy.
> from there, do this:
> dd if=/dev/zero of=initrd.img bs=1024k count=4
> losetup /dev/loop0 initrd.img
> mkfs /dev/loop0
> mkdir ramdisk
> mount /dev/loop0 ramdisk
> cd ramdisk
> Create your filesystem.(the less modifications you make, the better)
> cd ..
> umount ramdisk
> losetup -d /dev/loop0
> gzip -9 initrd.img
> then mount the floppy disk and replace initrd.img on it with your
> initrd.img.gz(rename yours)
>
>
> some things to watch out for:
> 1: the more you muck with your ramdisk image, the worse it will
> compress. what I do is after I create the filesystem, make a tarball(tar
> -cf ../initrd.tar *) then unmount the directory, zero out my image
> file(dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/loop0), make a new fs on it(mkfs
> /dev/loop0), go back into the directory and extract my tarball(tar -xf
> ../initrd.tar). This is the best way I've found to do it. otherwise you
> can quickly find yourself running out of precious space on that floppy.
> 2: Blank disk space is cheap. if you want some free space, go for it a
> mostly empty 32MB ramdisk compresses to ~600k if you have any other
> questions... ask!
>
> Tom Johnson wrote:
>
> > I am trying, somewhat unsuccessfully, to create a floppy distro to be a
> > wireless bridge.  Where can I find CORRECT information as to how to
> > accomplish this.  Every how-to I have tried does not work.  I just want
> > a simple system that will only act as a bridge.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any info would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom Johnson
> >
>
>
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