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[Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-19 23:51:02

Hello All,

I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and lists) I didn=B4=
t
find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
- Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessarily from a
floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy disk but I
couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE drivers.
If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... I=B4ll be
thankful.

Thank=B4s in advance,
Gus

Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: Matthew F. <mf...@ci...> - 2002-02-20 09:10:05

Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is a rough
guide:

1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need to be *DOS*
not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy and format
/s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS (http://www.freedos.org)
will work fine.

2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\

3) Create a trinux directory on c:\

4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\

5) Download an ide kernel from http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/ (I
think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage

6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.gz
root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the boot
arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever command you get
working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything going

7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:

tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux floppies

bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if you want
to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz system.tgz.

kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded

pkg - you can also put packages here


NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last floppy release.

If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) should contain
dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by a space
(192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,dns with
your default route and DNS server

Post to the list if you have any problems.

- mdf

> I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and lists) I didn=
=B4t
> find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessarily from a
> floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy disk but I
> couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE drivers.
> If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... I=B4ll be
> thankful.
>
> Thank=B4s in advance,
> Gus
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Trinux-talk mailing list
> Tri...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
>

Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-21 12:58:14

Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE disk ! B=
ut
I=B4m having problems to load my modules.
I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value.... so when=
 my
box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is
booting from a loadlin.exe.

Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this vars:
--
CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`  # CD-R=
OM
devices
FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f2 | =
sort
| uniq`  # FIXED

echo "FDEV: $FDEV"
echo "CDEV: $CDEV"
--
At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty.
"BOOT=3D" is empty to.

Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ?

I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-ide.


Thank=B4s in advance,
Gus




----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
To: <gu...@ke...>
Cc: <tri...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie


>
> Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is a rough
> guide:
>
> 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need to be *DO=
S*
> not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy and forma=
t
> /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS (http://www.freedos.org)
> will work fine.
>
> 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\
>
> 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\
>
> 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
> http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\
>
> 5) Download an ide kernel from http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/ (=
I
> think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage
>
> 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.gz
> root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the boot
> arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever command you =
get
> working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything going
>
> 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:
>
> tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux floppies
>
> bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if you wan=
t
> to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz system.tgz.
>
> kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded
>
> pkg - you can also put packages here
>
>
> NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last floppy relea=
se.
>
> If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) should conta=
in
> dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by a space
> (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,dns with
> your default route and DNS server
>
> Post to the list if you have any problems.
>
> - mdf
>
> > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and lists) I d=
idn=B4t
> > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessarily fr=
om
a
> > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy disk but =
I
> > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE drive=
rs.
> > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... I=B4ll=
 be
> > thankful.
> >
> > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > Gus
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > Tri...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Trinux-talk mailing list
> Tri...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
>

Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: Matthew F. <mf...@ci...> - 2002-02-21 17:15:12

Are you sure your IDE device got detected/that you were using an IDE
kernel? A

dmesg | grep hd

should reveal your devices

Is your DOS device the first one?

- mdf

>
> Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE disk ! B=
ut
> I=B4m having problems to load my modules.
> I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value.... so when=
 my
> box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is
> booting from a loadlin.exe.
>
> Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this vars:
> --
> CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`  # CD-R=
OM
> devices
> FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f2 | =
sort
> | uniq`  # FIXED
>
> echo "FDEV: $FDEV"
> echo "CDEV: $CDEV"
> --
> At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty.
> "BOOT=3D" is empty to.
>
> Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ?
>
> I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-ide.
>
>
> Thank=B4s in advance,
> Gus
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> To: <gu...@ke...>
> Cc: <tri...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
>
>
> >
> > Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is a rough
> > guide:
> >
> > 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need to be *DO=
S*
> > not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy and forma=
t
> > /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS (http://www.freedos.org)
> > will work fine.
> >
> > 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\
> >
> > 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\
> >
> > 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
> > http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\
> >
> > 5) Download an ide kernel from http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/ (=
I
> > think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage
> >
> > 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.gz
> > root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the boot
> > arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever command you =
get
> > working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything going
> >
> > 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:
> >
> > tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux floppies
> >
> > bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if you wan=
t
> > to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz system.tgz.
> >
> > kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded
> >
> > pkg - you can also put packages here
> >
> >
> > NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last floppy relea=
se.
> >
> > If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) should conta=
in
> > dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by a space
> > (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,dns with
> > your default route and DNS server
> >
> > Post to the list if you have any problems.
> >
> > - mdf
> >
> > > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and lists) I d=
idn=B4t
> > > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> > > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessarily fr=
om
> a
> > > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> > > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy disk but =
I
> > > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE drive=
rs.
> > > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... I=B4ll=
 be
> > > thankful.
> > >
> > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > Gus
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > > Tri...@li...
> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > Tri...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Trinux-talk mailing list
> Tri...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
>

Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-21 18:33:54

Hi,

I=B4ve found the "problem". I=B4ve just taked out the "^" of the FDEV var=
 before
the "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]"  expression and made the initrd.gz again !!! It wor=
ked
out !
I can=B4t say that this is a bug.... but didn=B4t work for me. :)

> FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f2 | =
sort
| uniq`  # FIXED # changed by aguiarg

Now I have another problem... I=B4m trying to load my modules at
c:\trinux\bootpkg\*.tgz but they dont get loaded. I still working on it b=
ut
I think it=B4s strange. Is there any special configuration ? I=B4ve just =
mounted
my floppy and copyed tux dir to c:\trinux; (I=B4ve tryed to change atound=
 but
didn=B4t made any good)
My network doesn=B4t start even configuring dhcp (config/eth0 -> dhcp) an=
d
loading the dhcpcd.tgz with pkgadd.

Can anyone give me a help ?

Thank=B4s again,
Gus


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
To: <gu...@ke...>
Cc: <tri...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie


>
> Are you sure your IDE device got detected/that you were using an IDE
> kernel? A
>
> dmesg | grep hd
>
> should reveal your devices
>
> Is your DOS device the first one?
>
> - mdf
>
> >
> > Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE disk=
 !
But
> > I=B4m having problems to load my modules.
> > I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value.... so
when my
> > box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is
> > booting from a loadlin.exe.
> >
> > Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this var=
s:
> > --
> > CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`  #
CD-ROM
> > devices
> > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f=
2 |
sort
> > | uniq`  # FIXED
> >
> > echo "FDEV: $FDEV"
> > echo "CDEV: $CDEV"
> > --
> > At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty.
> > "BOOT=3D" is empty to.
> >
> > Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ?
> >
> > I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-ide.
> >
> >
> > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > Gus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> > To: <gu...@ke...>
> > Cc: <tri...@li...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is a
rough
> > > guide:
> > >
> > > 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need to be
*DOS*
> > > not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy and
format
> > > /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS
(http://www.freedos.org)
> > > will work fine.
> > >
> > > 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\
> > >
> > > 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\
> > >
> > > 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
> > > http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\
> > >
> > > 5) Download an ide kernel from http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/id=
e/
(I
> > > think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage
> > >
> > > 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.gz
> > > root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the boo=
t
> > > arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever command =
you
get
> > > working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything going
> > >
> > > 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:
> > >
> > > tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux flopp=
ies
> > >
> > > bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if you
want
> > > to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz
system.tgz.
> > >
> > > kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded
> > >
> > > pkg - you can also put packages here
> > >
> > >
> > > NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last floppy
release.
> > >
> > > If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) should
contain
> > > dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by a
space
> > > (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,dns
with
> > > your default route and DNS server
> > >
> > > Post to the list if you have any problems.
> > >
> > > - mdf
> > >
> > > > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and lists)=
 I
didn=B4t
> > > > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> > > > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessaril=
y
from
> > a
> > > > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> > > > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy disk =
but I
> > > > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE
drivers.
> > > > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything.... I=B4=
ll
be
> > > > thankful.
> > > >
> > > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > > Gus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > > > Tri...@li...
> > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > > Tri...@li...
> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > Tri...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Trinux-talk mailing list
> Tri...@li...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
>

Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-21 21:23:36

I=B4ve found out the module problem ! It was edit of freedos that was
appending a ^M at the end of pkgfile !
Now my only problem is the network.... booting from the floppy I can see =
my
ethernet doing a "dmesg | grep eth"
but booting from my ide I can=B4t find it !! It doesn=B4t find it !! I=B4=
m using a
RTL8139 (RealTek). I know the base_add and
the IRQ. I=B4ve tryed using ether=3D5,0xdc00,eth0 at the loadlin command =
but
with no success. I can see my ethernet device
at procs/pci but..... doesn=B4t work.

Is there any special configuration to make it work while booting from IDE=
 ?

Thank=B4s in advance,
Gus


----- Original Message -----
From: <gu...@ke...>
To: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
Cc: <tri...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie


> Hi,
>
> I=B4ve found the "problem". I=B4ve just taked out the "^" of the FDEV v=
ar
before
> the "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]"  expression and made the initrd.gz again !!! It
worked
> out !
> I can=B4t say that this is a bug.... but didn=B4t work for me. :)
>
> > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f2 =
|
sort
> | uniq`  # FIXED # changed by aguiarg
>
> Now I have another problem... I=B4m trying to load my modules at
> c:\trinux\bootpkg\*.tgz but they dont get loaded. I still working on it
but
> I think it=B4s strange. Is there any special configuration ? I=B4ve jus=
t
mounted
> my floppy and copyed tux dir to c:\trinux; (I=B4ve tryed to change atou=
nd
but
> didn=B4t made any good)
> My network doesn=B4t start even configuring dhcp (config/eth0 -> dhcp) =
and
> loading the dhcpcd.tgz with pkgadd.
>
> Can anyone give me a help ?
>
> Thank=B4s again,
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> To: <gu...@ke...>
> Cc: <tri...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
>
>
> >
> > Are you sure your IDE device got detected/that you were using an IDE
> > kernel? A
> >
> > dmesg | grep hd
> >
> > should reveal your devices
> >
> > Is your DOS device the first one?
> >
> > - mdf
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE di=
sk
!
> But
> > > I=B4m having problems to load my modules.
> > > I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value.... s=
o
> when my
> > > box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is
> > > booting from a loadlin.exe.
> > >
> > > Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this v=
ars:
> > > --
> > > CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`  =
#
> CD-ROM
> > > devices
> > > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' =
-f2 |
> sort
> > > | uniq`  # FIXED
> > >
> > > echo "FDEV: $FDEV"
> > > echo "CDEV: $CDEV"
> > > --
> > > At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty.
> > > "BOOT=3D" is empty to.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ?
> > >
> > > I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-ide.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > Gus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> > > To: <gu...@ke...>
> > > Cc: <tri...@li...>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is a
> rough
> > > > guide:
> > > >
> > > > 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need to =
be
> *DOS*
> > > > not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy and
> format
> > > > /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS
> (http://www.freedos.org)
> > > > will work fine.
> > > >
> > > > 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\
> > > >
> > > > 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\
> > > >
> > > > 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
> > > > http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\
> > > >
> > > > 5) Download an ide kernel from
http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/
> (I
> > > > think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage
> > > >
> > > > 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.gz
> > > > root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the b=
oot
> > > > arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever comman=
d
you
> get
> > > > working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything going
> > > >
> > > > 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:
> > > >
> > > > tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux
floppies
> > > >
> > > > bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if y=
ou
> want
> > > > to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz
> system.tgz.
> > > >
> > > > kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded
> > > >
> > > > pkg - you can also put packages here
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last floppy
> release.
> > > >
> > > > If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) should
> contain
> > > > dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by a
> space
> > > > (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,dn=
s
> with
> > > > your default route and DNS server
> > > >
> > > > Post to the list if you have any problems.
> > > >
> > > > - mdf
> > > >
> > > > > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and list=
s) I
> didn=B4t
> > > > > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> > > > > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not necessar=
ily
> from
> > > a
> > > > > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> > > > > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy dis=
k but
I
> > > > > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in IDE
> drivers.
> > > > > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything....
I=B4ll
> be
> > > > > thankful.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > > > Gus
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <gu...@ke...> - 2002-02-25 13:46:25

Hello Matthew and All,

Thank=B4s for all the help. My box is running 100% with trinux-ide. I cre=
ated
my own initrd.gz and compiled my own kernel (2.4.17) with ide and network
support !
Now I=B4ll start my tests and have some fun :).

Ps. Matthew, congratulations for trinux ! Look=B4s lile a very good linux=
 pkg
!

Thank=B4s again,
Gus



----- Original Message -----
From: <gu...@ke...>
To: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
Cc: <tri...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie


>
> I=B4ve found out the module problem ! It was edit of freedos that was
> appending a ^M at the end of pkgfile !
> Now my only problem is the network.... booting from the floppy I can se=
e
my
> ethernet doing a "dmesg | grep eth"
> but booting from my ide I can=B4t find it !! It doesn=B4t find it !! I=B4=
m using
a
> RTL8139 (RealTek). I know the base_add and
> the IRQ. I=B4ve tryed using ether=3D5,0xdc00,eth0 at the loadlin comman=
d but
> with no success. I can see my ethernet device
> at procs/pci but..... doesn=B4t work.
>
> Is there any special configuration to make it work while booting from I=
DE
?
>
> Thank=B4s in advance,
> Gus
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gu...@ke...>
> To: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> Cc: <tri...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I=B4ve found the "problem". I=B4ve just taked out the "^" of the FDEV=
 var
> before
> > the "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]"  expression and made the initrd.gz again !!! It
> worked
> > out !
> > I can=B4t say that this is a bug.... but didn=B4t work for me. :)
> >
> > > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "[sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':' -f=
2 |
> sort
> > | uniq`  # FIXED # changed by aguiarg
> >
> > Now I have another problem... I=B4m trying to load my modules at
> > c:\trinux\bootpkg\*.tgz but they dont get loaded. I still working on =
it
> but
> > I think it=B4s strange. Is there any special configuration ? I=B4ve j=
ust
> mounted
> > my floppy and copyed tux dir to c:\trinux; (I=B4ve tryed to change at=
ound
> but
> > didn=B4t made any good)
> > My network doesn=B4t start even configuring dhcp (config/eth0 -> dhcp=
) and
> > loading the dhcpcd.tgz with pkgadd.
> >
> > Can anyone give me a help ?
> >
> > Thank=B4s again,
> > Gus
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> > To: <gu...@ke...>
> > Cc: <tri...@li...>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Are you sure your IDE device got detected/that you were using an ID=
E
> > > kernel? A
> > >
> > > dmesg | grep hd
> > >
> > > should reveal your devices
> > >
> > > Is your DOS device the first one?
> > >
> > > - mdf
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the tip ! It did work..... now I can boot from my IDE
disk
> !
> > But
> > > > I=B4m having problems to load my modules.
> > > > I discovered that the vars CDEV and FDEV are getting no value....=
 so
> > when my
> > > > box boots, it doesn=B4t recognize that it is
> > > > booting from a loadlin.exe.
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the linuxrc boot script I=B4ve found where it set this
vars:
> > > > --
> > > > CDEV=3D`dmesg | grep D-ROM | grep hd | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq`=
  #
> > CD-ROM
> > > > devices
> > > > FDEV=3D`dmesg | grep -v LDM | grep "^ [sh]d[a-f][1-9]" | cut -d':=
' -f2
|
> > sort
> > > > | uniq`  # FIXED
> > > >
> > > > echo "FDEV: $FDEV"
> > > > echo "CDEV: $CDEV"
> > > > --
> > > > At the boot I see FDEV: and CDEV: empty.
> > > > "BOOT=3D" is empty to.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone help me ? Any experience like this before ?
> > > >
> > > > I=B4m using a AMD Duron with freedos, kernel 2.4.17 and trinux-id=
e.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > > Gus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Matthew Franz" <mf...@ci...>
> > > > To: <gu...@ke...>
> > > > Cc: <tri...@li...>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:07 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, you can boot from a flash IDE or normal IDE drive. Here is=
 a
> > rough
> > > > > guide:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Create a small DOS/FAT partition (10-25mb). This will need t=
o
be
> > *DOS*
> > > > > not NT, so you will need to dig up a Win9x or DoS boot floppy a=
nd
> > format
> > > > > /s it. If you want to stay Open Source FreeDoS
> > (http://www.freedos.org)
> > > > > will work fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2) Somehow copy loadlin.exe to that partition in C:\
> > > > >
> > > > > 3) Create a trinux directory on c:\
> > > > >
> > > > > 4) Download the latest initrd.gz from
> > > > > http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/initd/ and place it c:\
> > > > >
> > > > > 5) Download an ide kernel from
> http://trinux.sf.net/kernel/x.x.x/ide/
> > (I
> > > > > think 2.4.5 should work) to c:\bzimage
> > > > >
> > > > > 6) Test it to make surt it boots: c:> loadlin initrd=3Dinitrd.g=
z
> > > > > root=3D/dev/ram0 bzimage (the kernel name might come before the=
 boot
> > > > > arguments, can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever comm=
and
> you
> > get
> > > > > working can be added to your autoxec.bat to get everything goin=
g
> > > > >
> > > > > 7) Within c:\trinux create the following directories:
> > > > >
> > > > > tux - contains the normal directory structure found on trinux
> floppies
> > > > >
> > > > > bootpkg - will contain any packages you want loaded early on if
you
> > want
> > > > > to do network booting you will need: dnslibs.tgz dhcpcd.tgz
> > system.tgz.
> > > > >
> > > > > kpkg - kernel packages you want loaded
> > > > >
> > > > > pkg - you can also put packages here
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > NOTE: network configuration changes slightly from the last flop=
py
> > release.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you want to do DHCP (easiest) tux\config\eth0 (or eth1) shou=
ld
> > contain
> > > > > dhcp. You can also put the IP and netmask in there separated by=
 a
> > space
> > > > > (192.168.100.1 255.255.255.0) and then add \tux\config\gateway,=
dns
> > with
> > > > > your default route and DNS server
> > > > >
> > > > > Post to the list if you have any problems.
> > > > >
> > > > > - mdf
> > > > >
> > > > > > I=B4ve just found trinux and looking around (docs, faq and li=
sts)
I
> > didn=B4t
> > > > > > find a *exact* answer for my question... so there it goes:
> > > > > > - Can I install trinux to boot from a IDE disk and not
necessarily
> > from
> > > > a
> > > > > > floppy disk (perhaps a flash-ide) ?
> > > > > > I=B4ve found documantation enough to install it in a floppy d=
isk
but
> I
> > > > > > couldn=B4t found any where explaning how to install only in I=
DE
> > drivers.
> > > > > > If someone could send me a url, doc, pice of txt, anything....
> I=B4ll
> > be
> > > > > > thankful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank=B4s in advance,
> > > > > > Gus
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > Trinux-talk mailing list
> > > > > > Tri...@li...
> > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/trinux-talk
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > > Tri...@li...
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
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Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie

From: <HHu...@t-...> - 2002-02-22 21:33:13

Hallo, Matthew,

Du meintest am 20.02.02 zum Thema Re: [Trinux-talk] trinux newbie:


> 6) Test it to make surt it boots:
> c:> loadlin initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 bzimage

  loadlin bzimage initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0

Doesn't work - sorry.
I've tried "initrd.gz" from a working floppy and the 4 MB packet from  
your website, I've tried some "bzimage"-versions from Kernel 2.4.17  
(bare, ide, net, pcmcia).

"loadlin" works with other distributions.

Error message (in all cases)
VFS: Cannot open root device "ram0" or 1:00
Please append a correct "root" boot option


If I delete the "root=/dev/ram0" entry (it's a but silly) the system  
tells
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 3:01

(it searches for partition 1 on IDE)
How must I tell trinux to use the ram disk?

Viele Gruesse!
Helmut