partimage boot disk

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi.

There is no way to boot the system rescue cd at this time off of a
floppy, though I do agree that this would be a useful feature, and
will bring it to Francois' attention.

As for using the old speakimage boot floppies, there are a couple
options open to you.

1. I could build a custom boot disk for you. However, given the fact
that we're dealing with floppies here, I can't promise that you could
have the newest kernel on the disk. In fact, I believe our last disk
was with linux 2.4.20, because later kernels were too big to fit on
the disk, and we've already stripped the kernel configuration as much
as possible. 
Having said this, you would need to let me know exactly, and I mean
exactly what support you need in  the kernel (hardware, file systems,
ETC.), and I could see what I can do.

2. If you are comfortable with building your own kernel, I can send
you instructions which explain step by step how to build your own boot
disk. There are a couple advantages to this approach. First, you know
best what kind of support you need in the kernel, and could configure
it to meet your needs exactly. Second, you have the hardware on which
you will be running the kernel. That means that you could test the
boot disk as many times as you'd like until you get things the way you
want them, without having to wait for me to rebuild the boot disk for
you with a new configuration each time, until we get something that
works for you.

Hth.

Greg


On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 03:25:27PM +0200, Baker, Brendon wrote:
> Hi Everyone
> 
> I have downloaded and created the speakimage boot floppy disk. All is fine
> and they boot well. The problem is that I need token ring drivers and they
> are not included in the modules. Does anyone have a boot disk for me that
> has these and can run partimage. This is what I require.
> I know about the system rescue CD and have used that fine before. I am,
> however, unable to boot off of cd on this particular machine. Perhaps
> someone has a boot disk that I can boot which loads SCSI drivers and then
> boots the system rescue CD? 
> 
> Your help will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thank you
> Brendon
> 
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