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> We (Tobias & Tom) want to install Tomsrtbt on an harddisk without
> loosing the ram functionality (to create a linux box that can be
> switched off without shutdown). We "dd'ed" the floppy to /dev/hda, but
> at boot time, it wrote "l 80 80 80 80 80 80 ..." until i inserted the
> floppy, then it booted normally from the floppy.
You would have to learn how lilo works and customize a lilo.conf, you will
also have to change /etc/rc.M. You must rebuild. Look at:
man lilo
man lilo.conf
less /etc/rc.M
You cannot just 'dd' it. The LILO boot sector knows that it is reading
from a floppy, and MUST be recreated from a lilo.conf file that is
different. Look at /usr/doc/buildit.s where the floppy lilo.conf is, but
you can use a simpler one. The rc.M also is HARD CODED to go after the
bzip2 archive on the floppy, and would have to be changed. See the
unpack..s, buildit.s, and tomsrtbt.FAQ for customization instructions.
PS, you are going about this the wrong way. Make a normal linux hard
disk, copied from a running tomsrtbt and the floppy, then set it to mount
read-only on boot, except for a mounted ram disk. If your hard drive is
mounted read-only, you can run from hard drive and still switch off
without shutdown. Much more workable. No-one ever just uses the floppy
approach with a hard drive, because it isn't a good idea. Only a very
very few files in /etc and /var need to be writable, just symlink THOSE to
a ramdisk. Then you'll be able to remount read-write, modify your system,
and remount read-only, making changes MUCH less painful.
-Tom
