Thanks Tom. Actually, after sending the posting, I discovered that the
build directory corresponding to that diskette is still intact on my
workstation (and it wasn't the most recent one either) so I simply re-ran
install.s from that dir and then edited the rc.custom.gz directly on the new
diskette. So here's thanks to your process that creates a new build dir
for each buildit!
(I knew it was a stupid question ... -- but thanks for the info anyway,
could prove useful one day).
John
From: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: John Lumby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] want to make a new diskette same as previous except
different rc.custom.gz
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 12:18:42 -0400 (EDT)
There aren't very many gotchas, you can use dd to clone, to and from an
image
or the actual /dev/fd0u1722 (don't use fd0H1440 or fd0), and you can
loop-mount
it to edit just those files, then umount and dd to a device. It should all
work
as expected. -Tom
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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, John Lumby wrote:
> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:47:30 -0400
> From: John Lumby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [tomsrtbt] want to make a new diskette same as previous except
> different rc.custom.gz
>
> Forgive this stupid question. I have a tomsrtbt diskette that I
have
> built with various kernel and config changes. I use this diskette on
my
> laptop. Now I want to make a new one that is exactly the same EXCEPT
for a
> few changes in rc.custom. I don't want to update the existing one,
I
> want a new one. I know I can do the whole buildit process with a
new
> 1/rc.custom.gz, but that will create a whole new install image from
what's
> currently in my unpacked dir, and I am not 100% certain that I haven't
> changed anything. (and don't want to change it back if I have). My
> question is, is there some way I can clone the new diskette directly
from
> the old one, e.g. dd? and then update the rc.custom.gz. If so,
would I
> do it under regular linux or under the existing tomsrtbt? Are there
any
> gotchas?
>
> John
>
>
