Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:58:17 +0100 From: David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has got the floppy_cs patch for the pcmcia sources to work with a recent (ie. 2.4.5) kernel? I remember getting it to work on a 2.4.0-pre, but can't get it to work on a newer version :(I don't have too much time to look at it at the moment, but I will try to update the patch if no-one else has done this already. Once I get this to work, I will produce some bootdisks/rescue disks, which may or may not be helpful to others on the list ;) Many thanks, Dave ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 11:36:33 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) David Gardner a écrit : Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:58:17 +0100 From: David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) I was wondering if anyone has got the floppy_cs patch for the pcmcia sources to work with a recent (ie. 2.4.5) kernel? I remember getting it to work on a 2.4.0-pre, but can't get it to work on a newer version :(I don't have too much time to look at it at the moment, but I will try to update the patch if no-one else has done this already. Once I get this to work, I will produce some bootdisks/rescue disks, which may or may not be helpful to others on the list ;) Last compiled (successfully) with 2.4.3-20mdk floppy_cs-201.tgz 22-Jan-2001 11:4120k and available on http://libxg.free.fr/ and http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/kernel/pcmcia/contrib/ Only change the Makefile portion of floppy24.fix by: --- drivers/block/Makefile~ Fri Dec 29 23:07:21 2000 +++ drivers/block/Makefile Wed Jan 10 20:18:19 2001 @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ mod-subdirs := paride export-objs := ll_rw_blk.o blkpg.o elevator.o loop.o DAC960.o +ifeq ($(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD_PCMCIA),y) +export-objs += floppy.o +obj-m += floppy_cs.o +endif obj-y := ll_rw_blk.o blkpg.o genhd.o elevator.o Let me know if it is still good for 2.4.5, before I release floppy_cs-202 ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 11:59:10 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Robbert J. van Herksen a écrit : Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:49:45 +0200 From: Robbert J. van Herksen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Hi there, Dave. On what type of Libretto are you going to install Linus, and what is the distribution that you are using?? I'm in the same troubled waters as you are, currently trying to install Redhat Linux v7.1 on my Libretto 70CT. No luck yet. I think I need to buy the Mini CardStation (PA2718U). It will give me an extra PCMCIA slot, so that I can connect both my floppy AND the CDromdrive (both PCMCIA devices). That will make the installation much easier (I hope...) For this reason Mandrake ie easier to install, because you can boot with floppy (pcmcia.img) and then install from CDROM I use either Freecom Traveller or a SCSI CDROM fith Adaptec 1460 ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 12:54:50 +0200 From: Robbert J. van Herksen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) I got a Mandrake install CD here, so I could that that for starters, thanks. On my other systems I have Redhat 7.1 so I'm quite happy with it, that was my (silly?) reason to try putting it also on my beloved Libby. Cheers Robb -Original Message- From: Christian Gennerat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:08 To: Libretto Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2001 11:59:10 +0200 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Robbert J. van Herksen a écrit : Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:49:45 +0200 From: Robbert J. van Herksen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Hi there, Dave. On what type of Libretto are you going to install Linus, and what is the distribution that you are using?? I'm in the same troubled waters as you are, currently trying to install Redhat Linux v7.1 on my Libretto 70CT. No luck yet. I think I need to buy the Mini CardStation (PA2718U). It will give me an extra PCMCIA slot, so that I can connect both my floppy AND the CDromdrive (both PCMCIA devices). That will make the installation much easier (I hope...) For this reason Mandrake ie easier to install, because you can boot with floppy (pcmcia.img) and then install from CDROM I use either Freecom Traveller or a SCSI CDROM fith Adaptec 1460 ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:59:01 + From: David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) On what type of Libretto are you going to install Linus, and what is the distribution that you are using?? I'm in the same troubled waters as you are, currently trying to install Redhat Linux v7.1 on my Libretto 70CT. Actually... I have a home-brew distro, which I will be putting up somewhere as soon as I get my broadband connection (British Telecom *grrr*...) and hopefully making Libretto and Vaio (USB floppy) bootdisks for it. I already have this on the Libretto, but this was achieved with some trouble quite some time ago (but using the floppy_cs which Christian maintains?). I think I need to buy the Mini CardStation (PA2718U). It will give me an extra PCMCIA slot, so that I can connect both my floppy AND the CDromdrive (both PCMCIA devices). That will make the installation much easier (I hope...) For this reason Mandrake ie easier to install, because you can boot with floppy (pcmcia.img) and then install from CDROM I use either Freecom Traveller or a SCSI CDROM fith Adaptec 1460 I booted from floppy and then performed a networked install, with a pcmcia card (swap from floppy to network card after booting). I will be trying this on my Libretto at the weekend with kernel 2.4.6 (just out ;) so I will report back once I have had a stab at things :) Dave ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 13:22:37 +0200 From: Robbert J. van Herksen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) -Original Message- From: David Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 13:05 To: Libretto Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:59:01 + From: David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux boot floppy (was Re: Anyone with a Linux...) Actually... I have a home-brew distro, which I will be putting up somewhere as soon as I get my broadband connection (British Telecom *grrr*...) and hopefully making Libretto and Vaio (USB floppy) bootdisks for it. I already have this on the Libretto, but this was achieved with some trouble quite some time ago (but using the floppy_cs which Christian maintains?). Hey, that's cool!!! How big is the file (I suppose you put it into a tar/zip file). If you have an FTP service running on your host, I would be very interested to suck it up into my laptop here. Cheers Robb I think I need to buy the Mini CardStation (PA2718U). It will give me an extra PCMCIA slot, so that I can connect both my floppy AND the CDromdrive (both PCMCIA devices). That will make the installation much easier (I hope...) For this reason Mandrake ie easier to install, because you can boot with floppy (pcmcia.img) and then install from CDROM I use either Freecom Traveller or a SCSI CDROM fith Adaptec 1460 I booted from floppy and then performed a networked install, with a pcmcia card (swap from floppy to network card after booting). I will be trying this on my Libretto at the weekend with kernel 2.4.6 (just out ;) so I will report back once I have had a stab at things :) Dave ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
