[Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties
Jacques et al, I too had difficulty with needing more space than one diskette would handle and making a ton of coasters was painful too. So I went on to try 850mb hard drives and such... But this seemed a bit wasteful, 2mb of data on a 850mb hard drive. I then found some IDE Disk-On-Modules. They're awesome! I originally purchased two Nagasaki 8mb modules ( http://www.nagasaki.com.tw/DOM.htm purchasable here http://www.bwi.com/scripts/site/site_category.php3/id/188 )and put them into my IDE port on the motherboard. At first I didn't know exactly how to get things going on them but it's really simple. Items needed: 1- LRP system (CPU, MEM, MOBO, etc.) 1- Disk On Module ( duh! ) 1- Windows 98 Boot disk ( not a Startup Disk, just a plain old boot disk ) 1- Syslinux Disk w/ syslinux.com ( for DOS ). http://freshmeat.net/redir/syslinux/10177/url_tgz/syslinux-1.67.tar.gz Step 1) Boot using the Win 98 boot disk fdisk & format the DOM Step 2) Reboot Step 3) type>lock c: at the command prompt Step 4) Insert syslinux disk and type>syslinux this will take a few seconds and then drop you to a command prompt again. Step 5) Insert your working LRP disk 1 and type>copy *.* c: it will begin the copy DO NOT overwrite ldlinux.sys or you're toast. Step 6) Insert disk 2 ( assuming you have two ) and do the same command >copy *.* Step 7) Insert disk 1 again and hit reset, we will now boot up to your LRP firewall Step 8) Hit q to exit lrcfg and get to the command prompt in your LRP firewall Step 9) Type mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt Step 10) Type edit /mnt/syslinux.cfg change any reference to /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd0u1680 to /dev/hda1 Ctrl+q to exit y to save. Step 11) Type umount /mnt Step 12) Hit Reset Your new DOM LRP system should boot in about 14 seconds, or at least mine does and I've got about every package under the sun... Steve ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties
Steve Fink wrote: > Jacques et al, [snip] > I then found some IDE Disk-On-Modules. They're awesome! I originally > purchased two Nagasaki 8mb modules ( http://www.nagasaki.com.tw/DOM.htm > purchasable here > http://www.bwi.com/scripts/site/site_category.php3/id/188 )and put them into > my IDE port on the motherboard. At first I didn't know exactly how to get > things going on them but it's really simple. > > Items needed: > > 1- LRP system (CPU, MEM, MOBO, etc.) > 1- Disk On Module ( duh! ) > 1- Windows 98 Boot disk ( not a Startup Disk, just a plain old boot >disk ) > 1- Syslinux Disk w/ syslinux.com ( for DOS ). > http://freshmeat.net/redir/syslinux/10177/url_tgz/syslinux-1.67.tar.gz > > > Step 1) Boot using the Win 98 boot disk fdisk & format the DOM [snip] > Steve Excellent write up Steve. Thanks for posting it. Have you considered making into a LEAF document and submitting it to the project, maybe as a Bering recipe? Mike Noyes and the rest of us really like it when people write these up. It's very on topic these days, even though the info is similar to the method you'd follow for booting from a hard drive. Does anybody think it's redundant? Thanks again, Matt ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties
Steve: Thanks for your excellent memo on How-to install Bering on a DOM. In fact I was having in mind a new chapter of the Bering user's guide named "Booting Bering from alternative medias" (apart from CD-Rom for which a specific work is being prepared Luis C. and some other Bering fellows). May I steal your piece for that purpose ? Jacques ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
Re: [Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties
> Step 9) Type mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt You might want to add a note here. If this step doesn't work, the kernel might not be compiled with IDE support built-in. Upgrading to a kenel with IDE support built-in, or loading the IDE modules will be required before you can access the DOM. Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
RE: [Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties
Dale, In fact you are correct. I bought two for two firewalls.. Development and production, sorry, yes I know, I'm very anal and all my testing and such is done on a development machine that exactly duplicates the production machine, that way there's no surprises. I then bought several more and I've been using them in firewalls also... I am going to get a 256mb one just to try and get a whole Linux workstation in it to see the speed But that's another story. I have in fact got Dachstein running on my DOM. I have no problems with any of the LRP/LEAF distro's running on the DOM's. The only thing that is necessary that most don't use is IDE support. I chose to have IDE support compiled into the kernel that way I don't have to depend on LINUXRC to start the IDE module prior to loading the packages. If you need anything else just drop me a note. Steve -Original Message- From: Dale Mirenda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 2:15 PM To: Steve Fink Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Disk Difficulties on 3/27/02 5:44 PM, Steve Fink at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jacques et al, > > > I too had difficulty with needing more space than one diskette would handle > and making a ton of coasters was painful too. So I went on to try 850mb > hard drives and such... But this seemed a bit wasteful, 2mb of data on a > 850mb hard drive. > > I then found some IDE Disk-On-Modules. They're awesome! I originally > purchased two Nagasaki 8mb modules ( http://www.nagasaki.com.tw/DOM.htm > purchasable here > http://www.bwi.com/scripts/site/site_category.php3/id/188 )and put them into > my IDE port on the motherboard. At first I didn't know exactly how to get > things going on them but it's really simple. > > Items needed: > > 1- LRP system (CPU, MEM, MOBO, etc.) > 1- Disk On Module ( duh! ) > 1- Windows 98 Boot disk ( not a Startup Disk, just a plain old boot disk ) > 1- Syslinux Disk w/ syslinux.com ( for DOS ). > http://freshmeat.net/redir/syslinux/10177/url_tgz/syslinux-1.67.tar.gz > > > Step 1) Boot using the Win 98 boot disk fdisk & format the DOM > > Step 2) Reboot > > Step 3) type>lock c: at the command prompt > > Step 4) Insert syslinux disk and type>syslinux this will take a few seconds > and then drop you to a command prompt again. > > Step 5) Insert your working LRP disk 1 and type>copy *.* c: it will begin > the copy DO NOT overwrite ldlinux.sys or you're toast. > > Step 6) Insert disk 2 ( assuming you have two ) and do the same command >> copy *.* > > Step 7) Insert disk 1 again and hit reset, we will now boot up to your LRP > firewall > > Step 8) Hit q to exit lrcfg and get to the command prompt in your LRP > firewall > > Step 9) Type mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt > > Step 10) Type edit /mnt/syslinux.cfg change any reference to /dev/fd0 or > /dev/fd0u1680 to /dev/hda1 Ctrl+q to exit y to save. > > Step 11) Type umount /mnt > > Step 12) Hit Reset > > Your new DOM LRP system should boot in about 14 seconds, or at least mine > does and I've got about every package under the sun... > > > Steve > > > > ___ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Steve, I have two questions regarding your (for me) mind-expanding post: 1) You say above that you bought "two...8-MB modules..." Did you need 16 MB, or were these for two machines? If I was to buy modules for this purpose today, how should I decide which size to buy? Cost is not a consideration, but like you I abhor waste. 2) I see you used this medium to mount a Bering system. I just got my DachsteinCD NAT/VPN up and running (like a Swiss watch, I might add, thank you Charles et. al.). Do I need to retool with Bering, or can I stick with a modified Dachstein? Dale Mirenda ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user