Re: [leaf-user] How to add NIC driver to floppy image for Bering uClibC 3.0.2

[Andrew N. <ae...@ho...>]

KP Kirchdoerfer-2 wrote:
> 
> I suggest you look for a more readable layout of your replies, thank you.
> 
> Am Dienstag, 3. April 2007 00:11:20 schrieb Andrew Nagy:
>> > From: ka...@us...> To:
>> lea...@li...>
>>Uh, yeah. That's the problem.
>> All I see on the floppy image are the *.cfg files and*.lrp files etc. So
>> how do I add the modules to the /lib/modules folder?Sorry for being
>> dense,
>> but this is really not intuitive.
> 
> But it's clever! The floppy just contains packages which will be extracted
> to 
> a fully functional Linux router, or what ever you like to add to it (given 
> the packages are available).
> 
> The whole system exists only in your RAM, you can save changes of the
> system 
> configuration on to the floppy with the backup commands of LEAF, and you
> can 
> add or remove packages.
> 
> So if you _boot_ the floppy, you'll find the missing /lib/modules
> directory 
> after you logged in and got a shell.
> 
> You may mount another floppy containing the module you want to add and
> copy it 
> from the mount point to /lib/modules. Continue as explained in my previous 
> mail.
> 
> kp
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I'll try your suggestion about copying from a second floppy. (Duh, why
didn't I
think of that).

To answer your earlier question, I am trying to create a Bering uClibC 3.0.2
floppy image
that will work with VMware Server 1.0.x which does not recognize formats
over 1.44 MB
either in a floppy image or physical media.

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