Fw: [ale] Building Linux manually

[Rod Young]

So dd it to /dev/hda1 then? I have an interest in recycling old systems.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Knapka <jknapka at charter.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Gary Lawler <axxess-spamgard. at denied.com>; ale at ale.org <ale at ale.org>
Date: Saturday, July 08, 2000 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] Building Linux manually


>I said: dd a kernel to /dev/hda
>
>DO NOT DO THIS! It will destroy your partition table,
>which will be really bad if you've got other partitions
>you want to preserve. I'm sorry I mentioned it.
>Apologies.
>
>-- Joe
>
>Joe Knapka wrote:
>>
>> For partitioning, you'll need a statically-linked fdisk
>> executable. Unless you plan to have multiple kernels
>> installed, you may not even need LILO; a normal kernel
>> will boot if it's just dd'd to a floppy, and I think
>> the same will work if you dd it to a raw HD. So you'd
>                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>> create an initial partition /dev/hda1 that's at least
>> big enough to hold the kernel, then dd the kernel to
>> /dev/hda (not /dev/hda1 - you want to write the beginning
>> of the kernel over the MBR of the HD). Then
>> make a root partition /dev/hda2 (and rdev the kernel
>> image appropriately, if required). Then make /sbin/init
>> a link to /bin/bash, and you get a system that boots
>> straight into bash from the word go.
>>
>> I did this a long time ago (about 1992), and I just happen to
>> have a machine that I'm going to blow away tonight and install
>> a fresh copy of Slackware on. I'll try to do a minimal install
>> first and let you know how it goes.
>>
>> -- Joe
>>
>> Gary Lawler wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a disk with the basic boot up for linux. I downloaded the kernel
>> > (2.2.16), the kernel patch, and the basic GNU utilities. I want to
>> > partition the drive, install the kernel, bash, and lilo manually. Which
>> > should I do first and how should I do it? What utilities to I need on
>> > disk to make the partitions and format them for linux? Dose the kernel
>> > have to go on the disk first before lilo or the other utilities? Please
>> > help!!!
>> > Thanks a head of time. All comments are wanted.
>> >
>> > Gary Lawler
>> > glawlert6 at yahoo.com
>> >
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>> -- Joe Knapka
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