PlumpOS Files

 ABOUT

PlumpOS Floppy Edition is a branch of PlumpOS that runs from two floppy disks.
It supports the same basic features as PlumpOS with the additional advantage of
smaller size. Only 16 megs of memory are required, and a CPU of 486SX or
higher should work fine. Additionally, this version of PlumpOS introduces
preliminary support for tokenring networks, so those with -really- old systems
might like this release ;)

 USE

Using it is a snap: simply load each PlumpOS stage to its own floppy, boot the
first floppy, and then load the second floppy when it prompts you to do so.
You can load the floppies like this under Linux/UNIX systems:
	dd if=plumpos-7.0pre3-stage1.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k
Where /dev/fd0 is your floppy drive's device name.
You can use a program called rawrite.exe on Windows/DOS systems to write the
images similarly.

 USING YOUR OWN OPENMOSIX KERNEL

Many people run different versions of openMosix on their networks, so in order
for this floppy to be useful you need it to run the same version of openMosix,
right? Well it's very easy to load your own openMosix kernel into the floppies.

 Step 1: Mount the stage1 disk with filesystem type 'minix'.
   mount -t minix /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
 Step 2: Take the 'config' file from the stage1 file and make a new kernel and
 modules using it.
   cp /mnt/floppy/config /usr/src/linux-openmosix/.config
   cd /usr/src/linux-openmosix/
   make oldconfig dep clean bzImage modules modules_install
 Step 3: Put the new kenel into the stage1 floppy and unmount it.
   cp /usr/src/linux-openmosix/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /mnt/floppy/vmlinuz
   umount /mnt/floppy
 Step 4: Make a tarball of your kernel's modules and put it into the stage2
 floppy.
   mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
   cd /lib/modules
   tar -cf modules.tar NAME_OF_KERNEL_YOU_JUST_MADE
   bzip2 -f -9 modules.tar
   mv modules.tar.bz2 /mnt/floppy/kernels/bare.i/modules.tar.bz2
   umount /mnt/floppy

Now go and boot them floppies! ;)

 NOTES

Improvements since last release:
    * Loads all available network interfaces
    * Detects and enables swap partitions found on the system

Too many changes to note, but, let's say bugs have been fixed and things work
smoother now.