Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> Hello, Well I hope u r not getting me properly well I wana convey that
> I have create a LIveCD of my working BLFS and this CD runs on some
> computers other then my PC , but not on all. On some PCs It stucked
> with prinitng L on console. As U have asked that If I am trying to
> access harddisk , that's not true My LiveCD uses only RAM , also it
> can access HDD if mounted.
>
> U have asked my to send my lilo.conf so for so I have attached my
> script file which I use for making my LiveCD, which contatins my
> lilo.conf file , except this I have not any other.
>
> I hope It would help U to ressolve my prob.
>
> If u required some more information regarding this then please ask me
> for so
>
> Any suggestion will be apreciated.
[snip]
> cat > $TOPDIR/lilo.conf <<EOF
> disk=/dev/loop1
> bios=0x00 # bios ID from drive A, we need that here because lilo
> # need to know which boot device to use
> sectors=36 # 2.88MB disk geometry
> heads=2
> cylinders=80
> timeout=10
>
> boot=/dev/loop1
> message=/mnt/loop1/boot/boot.msg
> install=/mnt/loop1/boot/boot.b
> map=/mnt/loop1/boot/System.map
> prompt
> compact
>
> image=/mnt/loop1/boot/lfskernel
> label=COMEX
> initrd=/mnt/loop1/initrd.gz
> append = "root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc rw"
> ramdisk=$ISIZE
>
> EOF
>
You are using a floppy on a 2.88Mb disk and a kernel on that as well, I
gather. Please don't reply to me - keep this on the list, as I am no
great expert.
Not many pcs have 2.88 drives. Not every pc boots initially from the
floppy. I thought it was done this way
1. initrd loaded by lilo from cdrom to /dev/ram0
2. kernel loaded and run
There is a package called busybox for this sort of thing.
There are/were hints written to cover this area, and you should read
them. Find them on the lfs website
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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