On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Christopher Taylor wrote:
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:27:02 +0100
> From: Christopher Taylor <christopher.taylor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Installation disks [Was: Re: Install Redhat 7.2 with HPT 370]
>
> Hi, all!
>
> This is a dirty hack, but it worked for me installing Debian/woody.
> Make your normal installation floppies, but before you write them to floppys,
> mount the floppy image loopback and copy the initrd image somewhere on your
> hd (obviously, you'll need another linux box to do this :)). now gunzip the
> image and mount the resulting file loopback, too. It should contain a
> filesystem image, which you'll need to mount as well. Now change to the dev
> directory _of this image_ (not /dev!!) and do the following:
>
> rm hde*
> for i in `seq 1 15`; do mknod hde${i} block 114 $i; done
> mknod hde block 114 0
>
> Now umount the filesystem, gzip the initrd image, copy it back onto the
> mounted floppy image, umount the floppy image, dd it on a floppy. You should
> be able to partition /dev/hde from the installer and install to /dev/hdex.
> Before rebooting after the install, make the device files in /dev/ataraid and
> modify the fstab to reflect the changes. You'll still need to install a
> patched version of lilo, if you want to boot from the raid.
>
> Hope this works for you, YMMV, etc.
> --Chris
>
I am afraid this is not going to work with RedHat install disks, as device
nodes are created when needed.
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