From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: Slackware 8.1.01 Install???? Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 06:01:04 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3EE5AC60.201B082D@gelm.net> References: <20030529165407.A446@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> <200306052108.36121.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> <20030607104727.A355@lnx2.w8mch.ampr.org> <200306081036.08989.pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> <3EE45A69.9E6662C5@gelm.net> <3EE614A6.1CBE57ED@actrix.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org, haltec@kvinet.com, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hi, Steven qwms-avib@dea.spamcon.org wrote: > > Chuck Gelm wrote: > > > > I've created slackware-8.1-iso & slackware-9.0-iso CDROMs. > > I have exhausted attempts to use them as install media > > while booting from a single floppy. > Now you are getting close to a solution. You take the kernel > from the CDrom (bzImage) and the image of the installation > filesystem (initrd.img) and boot them (from DOS) using loadlin.exe: > --------------------------------------------------------------- > loadlin d:\kernels\scsi.s\bzImage initrd=d:\isolinux\initrd.img > --------------------------------------------------------------- Provided that your boot floppy's o/s can recognize the CDROM drive. ;-) Thanks, Steven, this should work for me. Hal: Does your reluctant system, if booted from a DOS diskette, have its SCSI CDROM drive recognized? Regards, Chuck > I've just executed that line (on a nearby system) and it is now > running the installation routine. Note: you may need to change > the d: to a different letter (depending on what letter was assigned > by DOS to your CDrom). > > > Is there a way to copy the CDROM's root filesystem to /dev/hdb1 > > and alter the default 'scsi.s' bootdisk so that it loads the root > > image from /dev/hdb1? rdev? > > Yes, but it should not be necessary. Just try loadlin.exe > (get it from the loadlin zip file in the /kernels directory > of the CDrom). The installation runs much faster from hard drive. ;-) > Cheers, > Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs