Okay, for those with the luxury of having two floppy drives or a hard disk, here's a patch that will let you select the root device during kernel configuration. Here's the output of 'cvs diff': (mind email client wrap) Index: Documentation/Configure.help =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/elks/elks/Documentation/Configure.help,v retrieving revision 1.40 diff -r1.40 Configure.help 588a589,610 > # Root device select > # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Selecting the root filesystem device > CONFIG_ROOTDEV_FD0 > Once the kernel has loaded, it will look for the root filesystem to > boot the rest of the system (drivers, shells, etc.) > You have the following options: > > /dev/fd0 > The first floppy drive. If the kernel has been loaded from that drive, > the drive is empty, or the disk in the drive doesn't contain a MINIX > filesystem, the kernel will wait and prompt you to insert a root disk. > > /dev/fd1 > Once the kernel has loaded, it will look for the root filesystem on > the second floppy drive. > > /dev/bda1 > Once the kernel has loaded, it will look for the root filesystem on > the first primary partition of the first hard disk. > Index: arch/i86/boot/bootsect.S =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/elks/elks/arch/i86/boot/bootsect.S,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -r1.4 bootsect.S 45c45 < ROOT_DEV = 0 --- > ! ROOT_DEV = 0 529c529 < .word ROOT_DEV --- > .word ROOTDEV Index: arch/i86/drivers/block/Config.in =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/elks/elks/arch/i86/drivers/block/Config.in,v retrieving revision 1.10 diff -r1.10 Config.in 54a55,60 > > comment 'Root location' > choice 'is the root device' \ > "/dev/fd0 CONFIG_ROOTDEV_FD0 \ > /dev/fd1 CONFIG_ROOTDEV_FD1 \ > /dev/bda1 CONFIG_ROOTDEV_BDA1" /dev/fd0 Index: arch/i86/tools/build.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/elks/elks/arch/i86/tools/build.c,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -r1.9 build.c 147a148,151 > #if ROOTDEV > major_root = ROOTDEV >> 8; > minor_root = ROOTDEV & 0xff; > #else 149a154 > #endif 151c156 < fprintf(stderr, "Root device is (%d, %d)\n", major_root, minor_root); --- > fprintf(stderr, "Root device is (%d, %hhu)\n", major_root, minor_root); Index: include/linuxmt/config.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/elks/elks/include/linuxmt/config.h,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -r1.14 config.h 9a10,29 > #ifdef CONFIG_ROOTDEV_FD0 > #define ROOTDEV 0x0380 > #endif > > #ifdef CONFIG_ROOTDEV_FD1 > #define ROOTDEV 0x03c0 > #endif > > #ifdef CONFIG_ROOTDEV_RAM > #define ROOTDEV 0x0100 > #endif > > #ifdef CONFIG_ROOTDEV_BDA1 > #define ROOTDEV 0x0301 > #endif > > #ifndef ROOTDEV > #define ROOTDEV 0x0380 > #endif > 17a38 > #ifndef CONFIG_ROOTDEV -- Richard Wallman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
