On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> This is pretty much the direction I plan to go to make my CD/HDD/floppy-boot
> stuff more flexible (it's nice not to have multiple versions of everything
> to maintain!). Also, a very thin 'bootstrap' initrd that 99% of the users
> would never have to change, makes the initrd-archive patch much less
> mandatory, so we could possibly go back to using a 'standard' linux kernel
> for LRP.
I think we'd want to at least keep the linuxrc-always patch in there.
Might cause some problems if linuxrc doesn't work. =)
> As the system boots, you can either use the contents of the initrd as part
> of your final filesystem (maximally space efficent), or you can focus on
> making the initrd as small as possible (uClib & other tweaks), and replace
> everything when building the 'real' root filesystem (probably maximally
> flexible).
I personally like maximally flexible, but that's me. Most of the reason I
was going to do a tight bootstrap was that it was going to be loading
packages from something OTHER than the floppy, so it made sense. May need
to revisit that if we're still loading off of a floppy.
On the other hand, Busybox isn't that huge... 95k in 2.9.8. It's possible
that we can get the whole shebang in there if BB only needs one or two of
the libs.
Think I'll take a poke around and see what I can come up with.
> Check out my latest hard-disk HOWTO. In the section on running 2.9.8 off a
> hard-disk, I have an updated linuxrc that loads modules at boot-time (useful
> for gaining access to CD-ROMs or HDD's without a kernel re-compile). Also,
That would be something I hadn't thought of, yes. =) Will check it out
this evening.
> I re-worked the order of things a bit (specifically the mounting/unmounting
> of /proc). The mods I made should be a good reference, and possibly even a
> starting point for a new linuxrc.
A new linuxrc wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, and since Dave C. is
being closemouthed about Butterfly, and apparently isn't likely to
continue to move forward with LRP 2.9.8, it may be the only way we'll see
a new one.
> Also, since what you're describing sounds a LOT like stuff I was planning on
> doing anyway, I would be willing to do some/all of the scripting if we can
> clarify what's required (I know what I need, but not what everyone else
> needs/wants).
Some would be good, all will hopefully not be necessary. I'm hoping to get
something resembling an ability to edit a script out of this. =)
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