On 28 May 2003 at 14:59, vinubalaji wrote: > RAMFS!!!..this is how the floppy based linux distros boot..they uncompress the > kernel to ramfs and boot from that....you can do that for a small partition also but > that wont be needed since the partition will be created in the RAM automatically. > just try passing root=/dev/ram or /dev/ram0 as extra parameters to the kernel thru > lilo or lilo prompt, if it does(/not) work, let me know.
I have another idea, don't know better or worse.. I will boot from working mandrake installation but pass root=/dev/hdc i.e. CDROM to lilo.. If that works, that would be simplest of things.. Need to wait till I get home..:-) And why can't you put word wrap.. That is almost an offense when you are using linux.. Bye Shridhar -- This cultural mystique surrounding the biological function -- yourealize humans are overly preoccupied with the subject. -- Kelinda the Kelvan, "By Any Other Name", stardate 4658.9 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
