On 5 May 2001, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Andrej Borsenkow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
> > Thank you! Finally was able to do full GUI install off Jazz ... of course,
> > due to ext2 bug it did not create initrd ... really, root filesystem must
> > be built in :-/
>
> We could provide the boot image on our site for other users... What did
> you modify exactly and what was your aim?
>
My aim was to install off Jazz driver connected to parallel port. So I
needed ppa, parport and parport_pc modules that were missing in all
images.
Actualy, as I understand now, there was no need to fiddle with boot images
(it was fun, I admit :-). I could just get modules from Chmoul's archive
(once more - much thanks for the link!), put them on floppy and manual
insmod them in expert mode. The only problem is, this floppy needs to be
ext2 and if you have no Linux yet it is a bit hard ...
Suggestion: allow vfat floppy with extra modules and provide all modules
(or at least missing modules) on installation CD. This would allow people
to manually boot in some unusual configuration.
TIA
-andrej
