On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 09:45:42PM +0530, Sayamindu Dasgupta wrote:
>
> 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 contian-
> ing links, lmme, and wvdial.
>
If it is a dedicated floppy based system for net use, it is
easiest to download the Slackware root/ boot disks and put
a third disk for your apps. All Slack disks have ram support
and ppp support compiled in the kernel.
> 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!)
This won't be easy for school level. The critical thing here
is making the initrd. The kernel should be static, and all
the utils should also be statically linked and stripped. You
may keep dynamic executables if all associated libraries are
also transferred. The kernel and initrd will fit on one disk,
and the second disk can have your utils. You also need seve-
ral essentials from /sbin and /bin. One thing you should not
forget is the requirement of tcp/ip stuff and pppd which may
call for a third disk. I estimate, that your ramdrive require-
ment would be about 8 mb to fit all with about 2mb to spare.
>
> any idea on howto find out the minimum config reqd for this
> thing ??
>
Trial and error only by adding files sizes. My guess is about
three 1.44 disks, some can be saved if you pack the binaries
using upx.
Bish
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