From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:50:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:50:06 -0400 Received: from ookhoi.xs4all.nl ([213.84.114.66]:34693 "EHLO ookhoi.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:49:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 18:50:17 +0200 From: Ookhoi To: Chris Meadors Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: boot/root floppies in modern times? Message-ID: <20010930185017.H9327@humilis> Reply-To: ookhoi@dds.nl In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i X-Uptime: 20:50:40 up 1 day, 9 min, 9 users, load average: 0.08, 0.12, 0.05 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Chris, > I got a new Thinkpad, it doesn't have an internal floppy drive. Instead > it has a USB floppy. It can boot from the floppy just fine, I can get my > custom boot disk's kernel loaded. But when it comes to loading the root > image I run into trouble. I had the same problem with my vaio c1ve. Only a usb floppy drive, and no way to let it read the second floppy disk or to make it mount root via nfs as the nic got active after the bootp requests. I solved this by using one floppy with a initrd with enough tools to download the drivers which were not in the kernel (for example usb & scsi, or ide). You then just download the modules plus insmod on your ramdisk and of you go. Hope this helps! Ookhoi