Falk Hueffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> > ML> Alexander Kotelnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > >> I have faced a problem with booting from two disks. The trouble seems
>> > >> to be in Herbert's kernel, since mine boots and loads debian-installer
>> > >> initrd image.
>> > ML> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=m
>> > ML> 
>> > ML> I guess that is the problem.
>> > 
>> > Ah.. almost sure it is.
>> 
>> What boot loader are you using? It should be loading the initrd, not
>> the kernel.

Does syslinux support that?  Never saw it anywhere.

Note that we're wanting to load the initrd from a second disk,
so the boot loader would need to support disk-change and so on...

> Shouldn't it be compiled in anyway? People might want to load
> additional drivers/plugins/whatever from floppy.

Yes, floppy-retriever on a net-1440 floppy would be
useful IMHO.

Just dumping a udeb on a floppy seems like a convenient
way to load additional drivers and such.

-- 
CYa,
  Mario


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