From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: neil.holmes@zoom.co.uk Subject: Re: Elks Distribution Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 07:40:30 +0100 (BST) Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1022654430.3cf477de3e61d@webmail2.zoom.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Stefan de Konink Cc: Linux 8086 Hi Stefan, I guess fast implementation will not be a permanent feature. I do my best but sometimes I can find more time than at other times. I am not likely to be able to do anything for a couple of days now because I am travelling. I guess the best way to report errors is to my email address. Unless you want to show me up in the group. Your testing will be much appreciated. I hate flying blind on something like this. I can goof big time and there is no way of hiding the fact ! I am looking into sourcing some hardware here. In fact I do have a 5.25" drive in my desktop ELKS machine - but no media. Does anyone know where I can get some from in the UK ? What I meant by the pre-0.1.0 boot is that you need to boot your system from a earlier kernel boot disk (I have been using 0.0.82) then use my new image as the root disk for the install process. The reason for this is that I have not been able to make a filesystem for ELKS while booted from the 0.1.0 kernel. I await a resolution to this issue. The disk should have its own init. Have fun. Many Thanks Neil Quoting Stefan de Konink : > Hi Neil, > > First: Thanks for the fast implementation :) > > I will test the 1.2M disk between wednesday and friday. What is the > best > way to report any errors? > > Btw. what do you mean with this: you boot from a pre 0.1.0 boot disk > for > your particular specification. > Is this just a plain root disk image? That request an init by itself? > > Greetings, > Stefan de Konink > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Neil Holmes wrote: > > > I have had a first bash at 360k and 1.2M versions of the > Distribution > > Edition. Both of which are very open to error as I have no way of > actually > > testing them ! If anyone is able to have a look I would be very > greatful for > > some feedback. > > > > These particular versions will require (if they work at all) that you > boot > > from a pre 0.1.0 boot disk for your particular specification. Then > when root > > disk is requested, put in the new root image. Hopefully the install > will > > then proceed as the instructions describe. > > > > Just to re-iterate. The development version (0.0.4 Candidate) can be > found > > at the EDE web site download area :- > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neiluk/elks-distro/ > > > > It contains the following :- > > > > - 1.44Mb floppy single disk install > > (Boots 0.0.82 kernel but installs 0.1.0 to hard drive) > > - Tidied up install messages > > - No install login requirement > > I am not happy with this. I have had to produce a version of getty, > for the > > install disk only, that doesn't prompt for a login. I couldn't see any > other > > way ? > > - A new "isreboot" command for the install only. Its a copy of the > standard > > reboot command but with "remove floppy" messages included. > > - The new root disk images described at the head of this email. > > > > IMPORTANT NOTE : THIS VERSION INSTALLS ONLY TO /dev/bda1 AND DOES NOT > HANDLE > > MULTI-BOOT > > > > Please have a look and email me with any comments/ findings. > > > > Have fun. > > > > Thanks > > > > Neil > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" > in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > > Get your own zoom email - click here - http://www.zoom.co.uk/