>Hi again, > >I'm going to attempt to create a CD/FDD Bering machine so I can fit ssh >and VPN stuff on my machine. But I don't have the option to boot from a >CD-ROM drive, so I'm gonna attempt to adapt the 2xFDD guide for a CD-ROM >and an FDD >I've not found a specific guide for this, so I have a few questions. > >First off, what do I need to add to a clean Bering floppy to allow it to >load LRP packages from the CD-ROM? >Will just adding > >"PKGPATH=/dev/fd0u1680,/dev/hda" > >work? Or do I need some kind of IDE/CDROM modules? >
You will need to load also the relevant IDE modules. Follow the instructions here http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/bucdrom.html and instead of copying the initrd.lrp to the cdrom, copy it to the floppy. It *should* work ;) > >Does Linux require strict ISO9001 CD-ROMs? > Although Linux is a high quality certified product, cdrom's are ISO9660... It depends on the cdrom's content. long file names and such... >Is there any way of fooling the BIOS into booting from the CD-ROM? My >boot options are the standard old I guess not... ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
