Re: [SLUG] Re: Bootable Linux Floppy -- copying is easy, booting in another matter ...

From: Chuck Hast (wchast@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 28 2004 - 21:14:06 EDT


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:41:59 -0400, Larry Brown
<larry.brown@dimensionnetworks.com> wrote:
> Yes, move all the files except the syslinux binary file (I think it is
> syslinux.bin off hand). Look at the man for syslinux, it creates the
> binary file when you execute the syslinux command for your card. The
> binary for one drive will not work on another. So any time you change
> to a different size CF you will need to run syslinux on the new card.
> Then run syslinux on the CF. Your truncation problem is because you are
> mounting the CF as fat16. You want to format it with fat16 which you
> will get with mkdosfs. However, when you mount it, you want to run
> mount -t vfat /dev/hdX1 /mount/point. Of course where X="the correct
> correct hard drive". The vfat will prevent truncation.

I have it starting to boot, but it gets to a poit where it is trying to load
floppyfw and it fails.I am trying to figure out where I screwed up and
correct it. It also fails where it is calling for /dev/fd0 Since It is now
dev/hda1 I changed that one, but it still fails.

I wish I knew more about this.stuff, it is frustrating.

-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."
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