>
> I'm trying to put minirtl on an ide disk.
boot it from the floppy, then
1) create a 2MB msdos fs on /dev/hda1
2) create a 4MB++ minix fs on /dev/hda2
put the image file from the floppy on /dev/hda1
this system can now boot from ide into a RAMDISK
to now put it on the IDE disk so that it will actually run
from the IDE.
1) boot the system into ramdisk
2) upload a default version of cp (the one from busybox laks the -R flag)
3) mount the minix partition under /mnt
4) cd /
5) cp -pRd * /mnt (excluding /mnt naturally...)
now all you need is to make the system dual bootable by compiling
a new kernel , this new kernel should have msdos ide-hd and minix support
statically compiled, no need for inirt-archive mkminix-fs patches
7) put that kernel on to /dev/hda1 ,name it zimage2 and then use the folowing
/syslinux.cfg
default ramdisk
prompt 1
timeout 600
display syslinux.dpy
F1 syslinux.dpy
F2 general.msg
F3 rtl.msg
F4 net.msg
F5 doc.msg
F6 fsm.msg
F8 hofrat.msg
label ramdisk
kernel zimage
append=load_ramdisk=1 initrd=root.rtl initrd_archive=minix ramdisk_size=8192
root=/dev/ram0 boot=/dev/hda1,msdos RTL=etc,sshd,log,local,modules,thttpd,user
lable harddisk
kernel zimage2
append boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda2
the system cann now boot and run from the IDE if you enter
harddisk at the boot-prompt or boot into a ramdisk if you
enter ramdisk at the boot-prompt.
making the system dual bootable is quite handy during developement as it alows
you to mess up you IDE version and then simply boot into ramdisk mount it and
correct what ever went wrong. Once you are happy with your version on disk
you can through out the ramdisk version if you need the 2MB or just leave it
where it is (it not bad as a backup)
at the first bootup the system will fuss at you that it can mount / rw since
the filesystem is unchecked. This is because there is no fsck.minix on the
system (was not required for a ramdisk based system), so you need to add
fsck.minix in /sbin and then add a filesystem check to the init scripts
(I put it in /etc/init.d/checkroot.sh but you can put it somwhere else too if
you prefer) and add a line to that file to remount / rw
mount -n -o remount rw / (there is no , between remount and rw !!)
from then on the system should boot straight into the disk.
hope that helps.
hofrat
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