[syslinux] Where to obtain (how to build) small enough workablekernel?
Blaauw,Bernd B.
B.Blaauw at student.fontys.nl
Sat Dec 27 12:35:02 PST 2003
rename the VMlinuz*.* to file 'vmlinuz' (no quotes ofcourse).
a bootfloppy leaves me enough diskspace, not 860KB.
format as FAT12 (ofcourse),
install Syslinux
(I do this on Win2K with syslinux.exe A:, win9x: syslinux.com A:)
my example: http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/beta9rc4/fdboot.img
unfortunately no Linux involved.
If I could only show a Knoppix bootfloppy (but it's part of a 700MB download).
anyways, the following files should be present (MEMDISK optional)
ldlinux.sys 8.104 Systeembestand 09/12/2003 17:05:56
MEMDISK 23.548 Bestand 05/12/2003 15:51:42
syslinux 16.228 Bestand 05/12/2003 15:51:36
syslinux.cfg 553 CFG-bestand 17/12/2003 15:07:20
something like this should work for isolinux.cfg
LABEL knoppix
kernel VMLINUZ
append ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi vga=791 initrd=MINIROOT.GZ nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=KNOPPIX
the knoppix floppy file contains:
ldlinux.sys
syslinux
syslinux.cfg
vmlinuz 600KB or so
initrd.gz 300KB or so.
this means you should have plenty of space.
I don't know if anyone has succeeded in a Linux 2.6 bootdisk with a somehow compressed kernel (bzImage or maybe UPX 1.90).
this is all the help I can offer as an end-user.
regards,
Bernd Blaauw
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