[ale] CRISIS -> boot/root floppy needed..........

[Courtney Thomas]

Good Morning !

I am running RH6.1 because of an Oracle installation and need to leave 
it alone for now, however, any guidance regarding SPECIFICS of upgrading 
the OS and Oracle would be appreciated.

Setup:
	bootup uses dpt_i2o		<- OS hard drive scsi driver
	oracle uses eata		<- scsi raid driver for oracle
	tape drive uses dc390x_ncr	<- scsi tape driver

Dilemma:
	no boot/root floppy, other than a custom one, is going to have the 
dpt_i2o & dc390x_ncr drivers, since they are non-standard scsi drivers. 
So, the boot floppy must afford the opportunity to install dpt_i2o at 
bootup, which is done by mkbootdisk under RH6.1.

And, once the OS hard drive is up, the eata & dc390x_ncr modules must be 
installed before unmounting the OS hard drive, to provide quiescent OS 
and raid hard drives for tape backup. This assumes, of course, these 
modules would remain available after OS hard drive unmounting.

But, the aforedescribed boot floppy asks for a root floppy, which is not 
provided AFAIK by RH6.1. I have more pressing needs than spending 
unknown hours whittling away on such a root floppy.

Is there a 'downloadable' root floppy that can meet these requirements ?

If not, please precisely summarize the most efficient way to create said 
root floppy.

Else, what do you recommend ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney




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