On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:57:08PM +0530, USM Bish announced: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 09:40:23PM +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote: > > > > i am trying to make a bootable floppy for this, i have made > > a 2 floppy set, one containing the kernel image and the other, > > the compressed root fs now, whenever i use the fs floppy after > > getting a prompt from the kernel, it gives me floppy0: probe > > failed repeatedly what is causing this?? > > > > NOTE:i have not formatted the fs floppy in the standard 1.44 M > > manner i did a fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 can this be the problem? > > Dasu, > > What do you want to do ? > > Do you want to make a boot disk for your existing installa- > tion, or do you want to make a two-floppy recue disk set with > your installed kernel and apps ? > > For Boot disk of existing installation you may try: > http://geocities/com/usmbish/mbf-0.3.tar.gz > > For a rescue disk set from your existing installation, have > a look at a bash script by Hugo Rabson called "mindi". The URL > is http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/mindi/ > > Incidentally, I am working on making a rescue system at the > moment. Should be ready shortly. > > HTH > > Bish. > > -- > : > ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]# ######################### > > Sub : System Information LOST #002 > > On a running machine, most of the system info used by the > kernel is stored as text files in /proc directory. Try out :- > > e.g. cat /proc/cpuinfo ... for basic info on CPU > > $ls /proc .... to see what else is there. > > ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### > : >
Hia thnx a lot for the info i have changed my way of approach and this is what i'm doig now actually i'm trying to make a rescue disk where there is a boot/root disk containing the kernel and a minimal system and a utility disk contianing links, lmme, and wvdial actually i started out on this just for fun, but mebbe this will ultimately go up as a computer sc. project in my school (yucks!) any idea on howto find out the minimum config reqd for this thing?? cheers Dasu : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Console gibberish (#1) LOST #018 To clear gibberish all over the screen (e.g. after cat of a compressed or binary file) : Method #1: Use ANSI escape sequence: $echo -e "\033c" ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
