Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had problems trying to install from a harddrive. Although I do have a > bootable cdrom, it would be much faster via harddrive. > > 1) XFS Filesystem isn't included in hd.img (because it's module size is > ~250KB?)
Yes, only ext2/ext3, vfat and reiserfs are supported. xfs and jfs are not. > 2) I tried formatting a floppy with the ext2 fs and adding the XFS > modules to it, but my ls120 drive is /dev/hda instead of /dev/fd0! It's not enough, when calling the "mount" command I need to specify the filesystem type, adding the module is not enough, modifying the program is also needed. > a) When prompted by the hd.img boot to insert the floppy with the extra > modules, it searches /dev/fd0 instead of what i booted hd.img bootdisk > from initially (/dev/hda). Yes, this is a known limitation. I don't try to detect the floppies, I just assume you're using /dev/fd0; I think the use for more precision is not worthe the effort and the supplementary bytes. > As an option to eleviate this problem, maybe adding an option to the > cdrom install (when booting via cdrom) to specify an alternate install > location (via hdd, nfs, etc), instead of only including these alternate > install methods via floppy diskette? Especially since floppy drives are > becoming more obsolete. Use the second cdrom, it boots on "isolinux" which contains all the boot methods (but doesn't support hd install from xfs of course). > This way, if a person has a system with no floppy drive and only a cdrom > drive, he/she can also have the option to install via nfs or harddrive > if they have a slow cdrom drive. Just a thought. ...maybe more options > then needed here. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
