[boot scriptor] Re: few questions on bscript

Hello Doctor xp,

> > I extract the 2.4.19 (RedHat 8 runtime) to the root and use the line
> > onkey 6 isolinux vmlinuz initrd=/boot/diskimage.img ramdisk_size=204800
> > root=/dev/ram0
> > but I got:
> > Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0
> > kernel panic VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
> >
> > also, I try several floppy base linux as well (get from here
> > http://www.trash.net/~jgs/floppy_linux.html)
> > and I try FD Linux (http://www.fdlinux.com/download.html) and
> > Pocket Linux (http://www.pocket-lnx.org/download.html)
> > using memdisk to load them will ask me insert floppy disk ~_~
>
> Is /dev/ram0 a valid device in the Kernel, I think it needs a mount command 
> or other initialize command before being valid, have you tried /dev/cd0, it 
> worked well with me.

I tried but not work in my case...... ~_~ may be I need further extract the 
file and find someone help modify the content inside

> I need a minimalist distro to include in my 911 CD project as an alternate 
> recovery method, what is the one prefered ??

you mean recover linux ? or Windows ?

> Also I need the help from a Linux expert to edit post.rc in an initrd.gz file 
> (specifically the Windows 2000 Password reset disk).

the origional one not work ??

> > I just try SUN Solaris boot disk and BeOS boot disk (by Isolinux and
> > memdisk)and both fail ~_~ may be I need to start from their bootable
> > CD first.
> > (I got those boot disk at http://www.bootdisk.com/ and
> > http://www.polarhome.com/service/bootdisk/?lang=en)
>
> For a MacOS 9.1 CD see 
> http://www.angelfire.com/super/infopages/html/toast501rescuecd.html
> For MacOS X there is a free project to do such bootable CD, I don't remember 
> its URL now.

Thanks a lot and happy new year ^_^

Regds
LAM Chi-fung



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