On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Andor Demarteau <ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Karl Dahlke wrote: > > > loadlin I think. > > But they just try to boot and put you up on a cd. > > I don't think they give you a functional linux internet ready system > > just from a couple of floppies. > > Correct me if I'm wrong. > no, not loadlin but O forgot what it was. I believe it is called syslinux; it lives on a FAT16 floppy and you can have either one kernel/root floppy or one kernel and one root (two floppies system.), all this from memory, so maybe I've missed a few details. > Yes, you have to boot form 2 disks nowadays. Rescue.bbin and root.bin > The install-system a leasts holds some repair-tools and things like > ifconfig/route That's right, you can get a shell right from the boot floppies and the installation from CD is just an option, you can also install from a network, so I assume there must be a minimal set of network utilities as well. > if you'd strip-out the install (dbootstrap) utils, you might have a nice > basis. BTW, there are now some utilities designed especially for floppies or rescue situations. I'm thinking of sash here (stand alone shell, if I remember correctly) which is a statically linked shell with essential utilities such as ls/cp/dd built in; I think it even has a version of tar built in. Also there's another small binary which is meant to replace several utilities, again here utilities such as ls, cp, etc; I believe it reacts differently depending under what name it is invoked, but I forgot what it's called. That sort of utils can make building rescue floppies much easier. > > > Karl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) > Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) > ----------- > Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl > student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ > Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details > ----------- > Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list