What is probably a good idea would be a tomsrtbt-2.0.103 version of the same idea, since that has a 2.2.20 kernel instead of a 2.0.39 kernel.
-Tom On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Denny Fox wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 16:33:10 -0500 > From: Denny Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [tomsrtbt] Booting from a USB floppy drive > > Hi Rob, > > Thanks for the images, they almost work. > > The boot disk loads completely, then asks for the root disk. > > The root disk loads completely, then starts booting tomsrtbt linux. > After it initializes hda, hdb, and ide0, the load of the floppy driver > hangs the system. The messages are: > > Floppy drive(s): <1> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > at virtual address C00000028 > > current -> tss.cr3 = 00101000 %cr3 = 00101000 > *pde = 00102067 > *pte = 00000000 > Oops: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<001cff2b7>] > EFLAGS: 00010097 > > (rest of register and stack dump omitted) > > Any idea about how to get around this? Seems like it's really close! > > Thanks, > > Denny > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > > Of Robert de Bath > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:20 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: Toms panic disk > > Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Booting from a USB floppy drive > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Denny Fox wrote: > > > > > So, I went out and bought a Teac USB floppy drive today > > and gave it a > > > try. It boots a 1.44 mb Win98 boot floppy fine. However, tomsrtbt > > > 1.7.218 stops after LIL-. Also, my "parted" (partition edit) boot > > > floppy starts to boot, but partway through says "invalid > > compressed > > > format". > > > > > > My questions: > > > > > > 1. Does anyone make a USB floppy drive that will boot > > floppys that are > > > not 1.44 mb DOS format? > > > > > > 2. Has anyone created a version of tomsrtbt that will > > boot off a USB > > > floppy drive? > > > > > > 3. Can anyone suggest a way to make this work? > > > http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/Linux1.img.gz > http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/Linux2.img.gz > > This is a two floppy reform of tomsrtbt 1.7.361 onto a pair of dos > floppies, it should be able to boot from _any_ floppy like device > the BIOS knows. I've tested it on a Libretto 70CT booting off it's > PCMCIA floppy drive. Your USB floppy should be very similar. > > In addition to the reform I've added a couple of drivers from add-ons > and (semi) hardcoded the keyboard to uk. To change the keyboard map > loaded change the last line, "LOADKEYS=uk" in the vmlinuz.cfg file > on the dos filesystem. > > -- > Rob. (Robert de Bath <robert$ @ > debath.co.uk>) > <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday> > > >
