[ale] creating a 1.2 5.25" boot disk

[Gary Maltzen]

DOH!
1) The RH5.2 boot diskette is in MSDOS format !!
2) The INITRD.IMG and VMLINUZ files together exceed 1.2MB
   (the *.MSG files are small)
I would have had to build a new VMLINUZ and INITRD.IMG ...

I noticed that Slack 3.6 boot was under 1.2MB

-----Original Message-----
 From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>


Gary Maltzen wrote:
>
> Are you trying to DD a 1.44 image onto a 1.2 floppy? That won't work
because
> the 1.44 has 18 sectors per track whereas the 1.2 only has 15 sectors per
> track.

Yeah, didn't put enough thought to it before trying.  I've gone with an
old Slackware dist for now.  Thanks.

>
> You might try starting with a boot disk from either
>   LOAF (http://www.ecks.org/loaf) or
>   Pocket Linux (http://pocket-linux.coven.vmh.net/index.html.en)
> as both appear to fit on a 1.2.
>
> Hmm, I'll see if I can figure out how to build a 1.2 boot image tonight
(by
> mis-formatting a 1.44, probably).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
>
> I'm trying to install RH 5.2 on a machine I'm putting together from bits
> and pieces.  Right now, all I've got is a 5.25" 1.2 floppy drive.  I've
> tried to dd the RH 5.2 install disk to a 1.2 and tried using rawrite to
> create a boot disk.  No luck.  If I've missed the docs for this, a
> pointer in the right direction would be appreciated.