Helo Sir,
For some application I want a floppy to act as a linux hardDisk,
in doing so I have some problems.
What We did
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1. Formated the floppy for ext2 fileSustem
2. On the floppy made etc directory and hardDisk directory
/etc/fstab is edited as follows
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/dev/hda4 swap swap defaults 1 1
/dev/fd0 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda2 /hardDisk ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda3 /hardDisk/usr ext2 defaults 1 1
none /proc proc defaults 1 1
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Other needed files like inetd.conf, passwd, rc.d(directory) etc., are
copied to the "/etc" directory.
To "/sbin" directory "init" "ldconfig" are copied. To "/lib"
directory lib.so.5* are copied.
We just created a "/boot" directory, with no files in it.
In the root directory the zImage is copied.
The following command is executed after copying these files
rdev -R zImage 0
rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0
After the lilo is run with the following config file
boot=/dev/fd0
image = /zImage
root = /dev/fd0
label = zImage
Then we tried to reboot the system from floppy.
The system comes to LILO askes for options (linux) then loads zImage
from floppy. Then coming upto mounting root file system, says mounted
root filesystem after that it stops booting.
I need some help to complete this job. Any suggestions plese,
if the steps follwed are clear then please ask I will explain
them again.
Regards
CJA
