You don't get a larger ramdisk by modifying rc.custom.gz, you get it by modifying the lilo configuration in buildit.s or adding a boot time parameter.
-Tom On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Alexander Gadenz wrote: > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:19:24 +0100 > From: Alexander Gadenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tomsrtbt] "Attempt to access beyond end of device" at buildit.s > > Hi, > I want to create a tomsrtbt floppy with usb support (from the add ons) > included. > First I've tried to unpack.s/buildit.s a new floppy WITHOUT any changes. > > This was only possible with a larger ram disk than the default 4 megs. > I've added a parameter in rc.custom.gz of 20480 to create the ram disk > with a capacity of 20 megs. > > After booting I've done the following: > > login > cd /tmp > unpack.s /dev/fd0u1722 > cd t* > buildit.s > > The call to buildit.s results in a bunch of messages like: > > attempt to access beyond end of device > 01:03: rw=1, want 4293, limit=4096 > dev 01:03 blksize=1024 blocknr=4293 sector=8586 size=1024 count=1 > > > If I install the result on a floppy it is not bootable :-(( > > What have I done wrong? > > > Thanks, > > Alex >
