Hi Ricardo,
I upgraded to a CompactFlash with IDE adapter yesterday.
I found the following HOWTO very useful.
http://lrp1.steinkuehler.net/Documentation/LRPHardDiskHOWTO.txt
I recommend you edit syslinux.cfg while you have it in /tmp
You can also download the kernal you need from Charles' website.
Regards
John Ridout
C T A Systems Ltd
http://www.ctasystems.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris
> Carbaugh
> Sent: 09 July 2001 21:10
> To: Ricardo Kleemann; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Leaf-user] Re: [LRP] How to make CF disk bootable
>
>
>
> First you need to partition/format the CF just like any other drive.
> You didn't say what size CF you're using, but I have had problems with
> Syslinux booting from a partition larger than 32MB.
>
> Once you have your FAT partition created (and set bootable), just copy
> the contents of your floppy to the CF card (should be c: under DOS).
> Next "syslinux c:". (In my experience, setting up syslinux works best
> from DOS.)
>
> Good luck,
> Chris
>
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:04:49 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > From: Ricardo Kleemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [LRP] How to make CF disk bootable
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm using the PC Engines CF - IDE adapter. The CF disk is properly
> > recognized as a small IDE disk.
> >
> > I'm trying to figure out how to make it bootable. I thought maybe
> > just
> > doing a dd from a working LRP floppy would work, but I was mistaken.
> >
> > So I have a working LRP floppy with my configured system, and I want
> > to
> > transfer that into the CF disk and make that bootable.
> >
> > I tried to find something in the hard disk howto but didnt see
> > anything
> > relevant. I don't think I need any special drivers, the CF disk is
> > seen as
> > a regular hard disk.
> >
> > I'm currently using Eigerstein2Beta off a floppy only. What
> do I need
> > to
> > do now?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ricardo
> >
> >
> >
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