Int Eger wrote:
>
> i want Linux on my old 386sx 16Mhz 6Mb RAM 40Mb HD...
> so i compiled a new kernel on my Pentium,
I hope you selected 386 and copro emulation.
> put the bzImage file on a disk, and booted the 386
> with that disk... startup seems going nice and well,
> but then i get a 'kernel panic' message, saying that
> i should initialise the INIT-parameter...
Have you got a root filesystem? On the FDD? Or on
the HDD? Without it, there's no init.
> i don't know how to pass this parameter to the kernel
> when booting from a floppy...
Is the floppy booting with LILO? One of the parameters
is init=
> how i can make the right partitions on that 386, it
> runs DOS 6.22 for the moment...
This is a VERY interesting question. Normally, I would
use a boot/root disk (like tomsrtbt) and partition the
HDD from there. However, boot/root disks use ramdrives
for their filesystems and your 6meg is going to be tight.
You'll probably have to experient with several boot/root
disks until you find one that works in 6meg. A good place
to start looking is: http://www.toms.net It's the
home of tomsrtbt (which probably requires 8meg), but the
site has a good list of alternate boot/root disks. Your
best bet is probably hal91.
Once you have the 40meg HDD partitioned and formatted, you
need to install a filesystem. Normally, I would do this
(in the boot/root system) by linking to my main computer
(plip, slip or ethernet) and mounting its CDrom via NFS.
Or you could use a floppy to transfer the filesystem over
a chunk at a time. This is easiest with Slackware or Debian
because their installation files are in floppy-sized chunks.
IS THIS BEGINNING TO SOUND TOO COMPLICATED ?
Well, there's a simpler option. Open up your Pentium and
temporarily slave the 40meg HDD. You can then boot your
main Linux, mount the new drive, partition (8meg swap and
32meg ext2), format and install the new filesystem. Then
move the HDD back to the 386.
> i still got another questions... suppose i get this
> 386 runnning linux, then is it possible to login from
> the 386 on the pentium using a laplink-cable ?
WAIT ! WAIT ! WAIT !
If you have a serial laplink cable then you don't need
Linux on the 386 to do this. All you need is a DOS
terminal emulator for the 386. There are plenty to choose
from: commo, conex, telix, telemate, terminate, etc.
It will take us only a couple of minutes to get this
up and running.
If your laplink is parallel, we can still do this on the
386 in DOS, but it's going to be more complicated. We'll
have to set up a proper network between the two computers
and telnet in. Of course this will also enable the 386
to use the Pentium as an internet gateway. So that a DOS
browser (like Arachne) on the 386 could share the ppp
connection on the Pentium. Interesting project.
Let me know which way you want to go and I'll try to help.
Cheers,
Steven
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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