On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 07:06, Tom Griffing wrote: > From: Anselm Martin Hoffmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Boot & etherboot > > > Can a floppy-etherboot-image be placed on a hard disk (compact > > flash card) and boot the same as a floppy does.
> > Hello; > > I have done something similar, but this was with a > Disk-On-Chip from M-Systems. I installed FreeDOS > to boot from the chip and replaced COMMAND.COM > with an etherboot image. Works fine. > > I would prefer to use an Etherboot image directly > (without having to use FreeDOS to load it). > > The floppy bootable image should work if written to the > boot sector of a normal hard disk with a Linux command > like this (Is this right?): > > # cat eb-5.0.10-yournic.lzdsk > /dev/hda1 This puts the boot record on the first sector of the first partition (which must already exist). You want to put it on the first sector of the disk, i.e. # cat eb-5.0.10-yournic.lzdsk > /dev/hda However, hda is probably the disk you booted from. > Another issue is: How to perform this write from DOS? > (I haven't been able to compile a kernel that will > mount the Disk-On-Chip filesystem.) The Disk-On-Chip doesn't come with a filesystem or a partition table on it, you have to put them there. You should be able to test this like this: A) Install the DOC on your secondary IDE B) Boot stock linux kernel C) dd eb-5.0.10-yournic.lzdsk > /dev/hdc D) Shut down, put DOC on primary IDE and reboot. -- David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Little Bald Consulting, LLC ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
