[uClibc] buildroot to bootdisk

[erythros]

WOOT!

i found where the root_fs_i386 size was controlled. i found out that most of
my problems were from me incorrectly copying the files to a 4mb file. so by
modifing the the ext2root.mk file i was able to compress it down to 467k.
using a slim kernel with vga, ide hd, floppy, inet, and ramdisk support at
629k i can load it all from a floppy and i've got room to spare for other
small apps. the kernel has no module support. i know it'll make it smaller
and would be smarter in the long run, but i dont know what i'm doing yet.
i'm still not done cutting out stuff from the kernel either, i had to read,
and re-read the kernel config.help file to take out what i've already done.
i've done more reading and i know i can remove more. i'm sure i sound stupid
fer being excited about this, but to me this is sooo cool.

the next step fer me is to see if i can get apache and php to compile on it.
any ideas?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "erythros" <erythros at erythros.com>
To: <uclibc at uclibc.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [uClibc] buildroot to bootdisk


> i found out that something was wrong with were i was putting the root
> filesystem on the disk. maybe i have a bad disk.
> anyhow, i was able to boot into it finnally. now i just need to get my
> network configered properly, i have an error (actually two) when the
network
> script starts i get an error that two files/directories cannot be found:
> if-pre-up.d and if-up.d
>
> any ideas?
>
> i get this from the boot/root disk i made and the dualbooted version on my
> second harddrive.
>
> does anyone happen to have a minimalist kernel config file for ide hd,
> floppy, vga, and inet? want to compare it with mine to see if i've done it
> right. though it does seem to be working...
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "erythros" <erythros at erythros.com>
> To: "Rob Landley" <rob at landley.net>; <uclibc at uclibc.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [uClibc] buildroot to bootdisk
>
>
> > no help there... i've been using the bootdisk howto, thats how i got as
> far
> > as i did.
> >
> > my question is, what am i doing wrong with the filesystem created by the
> > uclibc buildroot.?
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Rob Landley" <rob at landley.net>
> > To: "erythros" <erythros at erythros.com>; <uclibc at uclibc.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: [uClibc] buildroot to bootdisk
> >
> >
> > > On Friday 02 April 2004 21:49, erythros wrote:
> > > > so i ran the buildroot and it worked. i can chroot into it, i even
> > dropped
> > > > it onto a second harddrive and added dual boot to lilo. all is well.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > except that is i tried to use the root fs i386 as the file system
for
> > boot
> > > > disk. linux is new to me. so needless to say it took me three days
to
> > get
> > > > lilo to boot, then two days to get my kernel to load. had probs with
> > boot.b
> > > > and using the lilo from slackware 9.1. i installed lilo 22.5.8 and
> still
> > no
> > > > boot.b, but lilo worked... had to read about rdev fer the kernel
three
> > > > times before i thought i knew what i was doing.
> > > >
> > > > so lilo boots, the kernel loads fine. but when the root fs i386.gz
> loads
> > i
> > > > get data crc errors... it doesnt matter if i put it on the same
> diskette
> > or
> > > > a second one. so how do i fix this?
> > >
> > > Possibly by reading this:
> > >
> > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/
> > >
> > > Or perhaps this:
> > >
> > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html
> > >
> > > There's also a very nice downloadable book on
> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org
> > > that goes into _excruciating_ detail about all the bits in a working
> > system
> > > and how to build them.  It's quite nice.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >
> > >
> >
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