[uml-user] 'mkrootfs' HOWTO??

[Alan M. <si...@ya...>]

Hello,

As in a previous post, I am still questing after
having a custom root_fs boot without hanging :-) 
After trying various scripts, including umlbuilder,
and having the same problem, I had downloaded a couple
of the pre-built filesystems (RH7.2 and Mdk8.2), and
they surprisingly booted up flawlessly.

However, they're a little older, and I wish to create
a couple filesystems based on the newer versions of RH
and Mandrake (particularly Mandrake).

Apparently these filesystems were built using the
'mkrootfs' scripts, and I figured I would try building
my own filesystems with them, and see if perhaps the
reason the ones I downloaded worked great was due to
something in the way the 'mkrootfs' script built them.

I downloaded them from Bill Stearns' site, but ran
into some problems, which I have posted about just a
few days ago.  I am still having troubles (the
'mkrootfs does not have a "help" function)

I was wondering if anyone here on the list who uses
those scruipts to build their filesystems would be
able to describe the steps they take to get the
filesystem built?

Once I am able to successfuly build a filesystem or
two with the scripts, I am thinking I may do a little
fixing up, particularly in the area of adding a "help"
or "usage" function, and maybe adding some brief usage
instructions in the beginning of the script :-)

Anyway, your help is greatly appreciated!  Thank you,
in advance.

Alan




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