On Thu, 6 May 1999, Blaz Podrzaj wrote:
> U CAN mount root as /dev/fd0 for instance but in that case U would have
> only 1.44 MB space to store data,
You can still have a RAM disk to store data. It just doesn't have to be
as large as your entire root partition. For example, you could have /etc
and /var as RAM disks, and just read binaries from the floppy.
> and U can't put that root on the same floppy as boot is.
Why not? My kernel is on my root partition on the hard disk.
> I was talking about one boot/root floppy which has both boot and root
> image compressed on it.
The kernel's already compressed. You just have to make sure that the rest
of your root partition takes up less than about 1.1MB of memory ... not a
problem, depending on what you want to do with it.
> U can also make a script to backup root once in a while (in case u
> change some config files) but u need extra RAM for that and in that case
> 4 MB would be too little...
For simple routing + diald, I still think it's possible to put everything
on one floppy uncompressed. You won't be able to use the Linux Router
Project with less than about 12MB of memory, though (according to them).
You'll have to roll your own solution. I'm just glad I don't have to do
it. :-)
Using one floppy, you'll save yourself some aggravation in the long run.
It will be a pain going in to work in the wee hours of the morning every
time a janitor unplugs your router to plug in a floor polisher.
Anyway, we're drifting off topic.
Ed
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