On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, root wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hope this isn't an incredibly stupid question. I design and build
> "gaming" machines (slotmachines). Because of regulatory issues, we
> cannot place game code (including the OS) on flash or hard-drives.
>
> So, I'm using a bootable CD-ROM to store everything.
>
> I can easily make this work by booting ROM-DOS first, then using LOADLIN
> to load Linux and a ramdisk root file system. Because of both cost and
> aesthetic issues, I'd like to use LILO instead of ROM-DOS.
>
Have you looked at the SYSLINUX boot loader? It is a loader that loads the
kernel of a FAT formatted floppy (it doesn't need DOS), and can be
configured like LILO, but the installation is much simpler. I've used it
to make bootable Linux CD's, and I believe RedHat use it too. It's uses
the BIOS to load the kernel (and optionally an initial RAM disk), so works
fine for the CD floppy emulation (including 2.88M images).
> Can anyone tell me how to make a floppy where LILO does all the loading,
> including the ramdisk image? (I warned you this might be very stupid).
> The reason for this is it must work through the BIOS, rather than
> actually looking for the floppy at /dev/fd0, so the kernel can't just be
> told that the root is /devfd0.
>
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