I'd just like to post my experiences of getting WISP-Dist running from a CD-ROM (IDE).
This is based on the 2397 build of wispdist. I started off by following the instructions on making a bootable Bering CD-ROM so downloaded Syslinux and used Isolinux (isolinux.bin) to form the boot, reconfiguring and renaming syslinux.cfg to isolinux.cfg. I modified syslinux.cfg by using boot=/dev/cdrom:iso9660 and pkgpath=/dev/hdb:iso9660 [this may change depending on where the CD-ROM is attached] and deleting rwfs. The next step was to add the cd-rom modules to the initrd lrp. Took me a while to figure to figure out how to do this (I had virtually no linux experience until very recently). gunzip -S .lrp initrd.lrp # Unzip the initrd.lrp file mount -t minix initrd /mnt/initrd # mount initrd using the minix filesystm Edit (/mnt/initrd/)boot/etc/modules so that it includes in this order: cdrom ide-mod (should be there already) ide-cd ide-probe-mod (also there already) isofs DO NOT delete cramfs this is required to load/mount the .cfs files but you can delete other modules. I deleted the doc... modules which relate to disk on chip. Next step is to add the .o files for these modules to (/mnt/initrd)/boot/etc/lib I downloaded these files from the bering download area - make sure you get the right kernel version - in this case 2.4.18 The next part is the bit I'm afraid I don't undertand particularly well but the linuxrc ((/mnt/initrd/)var/lib/lrpkg/linuxrc) file needs editing so that it can mount cd drives. It seems that the bering linuxrc is modified in this way but wisp linuxrc is not. However you can't swap them round as wisp needs to be able to load the cfs files. I modified the wisp linuxrc to look more like the bering linuxrc and managed to get it to work. However, it may be easier to add the cfs loading/mounting part of the wisp linuxrc to the bering linuxrc (and changing the SYSTSIZE variable to 8M). Once thats done initrd.lrp needs recreating. umount /mnt/initrd gzip -S .lrp initrd I used windows to create the iso image and burn the CD (as I said I have very limited linux experience). Create a directory wispdist create a subdirectory wispdist/isolinux put isolinux.cfg linux initrd.lrp syslinux.dpy isolinux.bin in the isolinux sub-directory put the remaining .lrp .cfs and .md5 files in the wispdist directory Also put mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll (available in cdrtools see "Creating a Bootable Bering CD-ROM) in the wispdist directory. In a MS-DOS window go to the wispdist directory and use the following mkisofs -o wispdist.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -l -J -r . (The . at the end is part of the command) Then burn the wispdist.iso image created using your favourite burner. I hope this helps someone. I need to do some work now on either pre-configuring it on the CD-ROM or having it load & save configuration from a floppy or hard disk. Also I need to try and work out if there any other LEAF packages that might be useful and could be added. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ leaf-wisp-dist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-wisp-dist
