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Re: base disks and editors...

bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:

I already mailedBruce directly about this, but then I decided he might
not be in today, and someone else might know the answers...

> I have already added support for disk cartridges as installation devices.
> 
> You have to make the ZIP drive bootable. One way to do this is to put a small
> MSDOS partition on it and add the kernel and LOADLIN to this partition.

Ok, I assume I can use lilo for this too.

> Create an ext2 partition on the same ZIP drive. This will be the root
> filesystem once LOADLIN runs. Copy the root floppy on to it. Copy the file
> ftp://ftp.i-connect.net/debian/unstable/disks-i386/base1_1.tgz into the
> root directory. The installation script will extract the base system from
> this instead of asking for the base floppies.

OK, but what do I do with root.bin after I put it on the ZIP?  How
does the install script get started if you're not using a boot or root
disk directly?

Thanks
--
Rob