Hi > > 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. > > Oh ... I see where you are going. Only thing is that I > don't have my DOC plugged into *any* IDE port. It's in > a socket in the motherboard and when booted from a hard > disk, it appears as a secondary drive - from MS-DOG. It > isn't visible from Linux at all. > > So, any idea how I can write an lzdsk image to the first > sector of the disk using a MS-DOG utility? Maybe a job > for RAWRITE.EXE?
A while has passed since I played with DOC so YMMV. DOC is NOT ide. You NEED to follow the DOC instructions. You NEED to install lilo with their loader. Then: At boot time their rom has a bios extension header 55 AA etc Their rom loads the DOC as a drive The drive boots linux The kernel has DOC drivers and after booting DOC device is known /dev/fla1 (whatever) is mounted and (whatever you want) (for me) a compressed root fs is unwound to /dev/ram, pivot_root etc So: for ltsp you NEED to use lilo and a lilo-image of etherboot. you NEED to setup lilo as per DOC instructions You cannot do (what this thread was about) write a fd-image to the DOC-as-a-hd It would be much easier to use a diskless-workstations flash-ide James ------------------------------------------------------- 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
