Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
* Jacques Nilo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Is there a Bering kernel with IDE support? I'm trying to set up Bering booting from HD and I current linux file does nor support HD. Where can I get it?? Standard Bering kernel supports IDE. You need to download the 3 following modules from the module directory: ide-mod ide-disk ide-probe-mod and to load them in this order through the modules package (there is a template for that in the modules configuration file). Check the doc: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/leaffw04.html#AEN3 93 If you need to load the modules package itself from the hard drive, I found that you have to add these lines to the /boot/etc/modules and the modules to the /boot/lib/modules directory. Is that not the case? If you need to do this, you have to first uncompress and mount the initrd.lrp package gunzip -S .lrp initrd.lrp mount -t minix initrd /mnt -o loop Then you can copy the files to /mnt/boot/lib/modules and make the changes to /mnt/boot/etc/modules. Then umount the image and recompress it. umount /mnt gzip -S .lrp -n initrd Is there an easier way? That is just how I got it to work. --- Chad Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
and to load them in this order through the modules package (there is a template for that in the modules configuration file). Check the doc: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/leaffw04.html#AEN3 93 If you need to load the modules package itself from the hard drive, I found that you have to add these lines to the /boot/etc/modules and the modules to the /boot/lib/modules directory. Is that not the case? Yes it is. I think this is mentionned in the doc. If you need to do this, you have to first uncompress and mount the initrd.lrp package gunzip -S .lrp initrd.lrp mount -t minix initrd /mnt -o loop Then you can copy the files to /mnt/boot/lib/modules and make the changes to /mnt/boot/etc/modules. Then umount the image and recompress it. umount /mnt gzip -S .lrp -n initrd Is there an easier way? That is just how I got it to work. There are basically two strategies if you want to boot Bering (or any LEAF variant) distro from an hard disk (be careful: you loose the security attached to a write-protected media): 1/ You make a ***msdos*** partition on your hard disk, install syslinux on it an copy all the packages you need on the hard disk. Do not unpack anything. You modify syslinux.cfg to declare the new PKGPATH to hdx and you put your ide modules in /boot/lib/modules and save this in modules.lrp (do that on a floppy distro before copying initrd.lrp to the IDE disk). linux kernel and initrd.lrp will be loaded thanks to syslinux, the ide modules will be loaded then and after that the /linuxrc script will load the other packages from the hard disk. Bering will be run from a /tmpfs fs as with a floppy distro. Your IDE disk is just another boot media where your packages are stored. 2/ You make a linux ***ext2*** partition on your hard disk and ***unpack*** all the packages you need there. This is a more hackish approach where you get a quasi linux distro on your disk. Not really recommended and requires some knowledge of the program structure and some tuning too. Jacques ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
* Jacques Nilo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: and to load them in this order through the modules package (there is a template for that in the modules configuration file). Check the doc: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/leaffw04.html#AEN3 93 If you need to load the modules package itself from the hard drive, I found that you have to add these lines to the /boot/etc/modules and the modules to the /boot/lib/modules directory. Is that not the case? Yes it is. I think this is mentionned in the doc. There is a README file in the /boot/etc directory. If you need to do this, you have to first uncompress and mount the initrd.lrp package gunzip -S .lrp initrd.lrp mount -t minix initrd /mnt -o loop Then you can copy the files to /mnt/boot/lib/modules and make the changes to /mnt/boot/etc/modules. Then umount the image and recompress it. umount /mnt gzip -S .lrp -n initrd Is there an easier way? That is just how I got it to work. There are basically two strategies if you want to boot Bering (or any LEAF variant) distro from an hard disk (be careful: you loose the security attached to a write-protected media): 1/ You make a ***msdos*** partition on your hard disk, install syslinux on it an copy all the packages you need on the hard disk. Do not unpack anything. You modify syslinux.cfg to declare the new PKGPATH to hdx and you put your ide modules in /boot/lib/modules and save this in modules.lrp (do that on a floppy distro before copying initrd.lrp to the IDE disk). linux kernel and initrd.lrp will be loaded thanks to syslinux, the ide modules will be loaded then and after that the /linuxrc script will load the other packages from the hard disk. Bering will be run from a /tmpfs fs as with a floppy distro. Your IDE disk is just another boot media where your packages are stored. This is definitely the preferred way, I have found. The hardware I am using precludes me from doing it the floppy way. Otherwise it definitely would have been easier to copy the modules to the floppy, boot on it, mount it once booted, copy the modules to the /boot/lib/modules directory on the tmpfs, then back up initrd.lrp using lrcfg. Backing up modules.lrp doesn't back up /boot/lib/modules, as far as I can see. 2/ You make a linux ***ext2*** partition on your hard disk and ***unpack*** all the packages you need there. This is a more hackish approach where you get a quasi linux distro on your disk. Not really recommended and requires some knowledge of the program structure and some tuning too. This is for the same type of people who wake up in the morning and beat themselves in the head with a baseball bat. They are probably better off with a manually trimmed down debian image. --- Chad Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
I haven't seen a reference in the thread to Syslinux'ing the hd itself to make it bootable. This is necessary to get it to boot, correct??? I would definately add a note to the appropiate section either way (either required or not). It is bound to create some confusion for either new users or experienced users with other versions depending on the validity of this question. -- ~Lynn Avants aka Guitarlynn guitarlynn at users.sourceforge.net http://leaf.sourceforge.net If linux isn't the answer, you've probably got the wrong question! ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
[Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
Hi, Is there a Bering kernel with IDE support? I'm trying to set up Bering booting from HD and I current linux file does nor support HD. Where can I get it?? Sergio D. Morilla Sistemas Tipoiti SATIC San Martín 647 Piso 2 Tel. : +54 11 4314-4482 C1004AAM - Buenos Aires Fax : +54 11 4508-6425 Argentina e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Kernel 2.4 IDE Support?
Is there a Bering kernel with IDE support? I'm trying to set up Bering booting from HD and I current linux file does nor support HD. Where can I get it?? Standard Bering kernel supports IDE. You need to download the 3 following modules from the module directory: ide-mod ide-disk ide-probe-mod and to load them in this order through the modules package (there is a template for that in the modules configuration file). Check the doc: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/leaffw04.html#AEN3 93 Jacques -- Profitez de l'offre spéciale Tiscali Liberty Surf ! 50% de temps en plus pendant 3 mois sur tous les forfaits Internet. http://register.libertysurf.fr/subscribe_fr/signup.php3 ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
