> Just to clear on this issue. > > I would take my DOC, format it to dos, put syslinux on it > > Copy the DOC kernel and module to the DOC, along with the rest of the > contents of the Dachstein floppy (going small first) > > and presto, it works?
Or not... > What did I miss? I know it's not that easy. The system you list would boot-up (BIOS POST), then syslinux would run and load the kernel and initial ramdisk image. At that point, the kernel would execute linuxrc, which would try to load your LRP pacakges. At this point, everything would die, since the kernel (and hence linuxrc) doesn't know how to read data from the DOC...only the BIOS (and through it, syslinux) know how to read the DOC until you load kernel modules to support it. Remember...linux doesn't talk to any hardware through the BIOS. NOTE: The kenel modules to talk to the DOC can be loaded at runtime from the ramdisk image...this is why the initrd support is in the kernel in the first place... Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
