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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tezcat!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-8.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Creating a custom boot disk for thinkpads? Date: 30 Sep 1996 15:37:41 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 31 Message-ID: <52opg5$dpd@helena.MT.net> References: <m2wwxh9v3l.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <52h5nv$39t@helena.MT.net> <m24tkgrv2t.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.mt.sri.com In article <m24tkgrv2t.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com>, Thomas Evans <tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com> wrote: I wrote: >> Depending on how new your ThinkPad is, you may not need a new boot disk. >> Did you try using the stock boot disk to see if it work? If not, then you'll >> need to build a custom boot floppy which takes about 600MB of disk, which >> is why I didn't build a custom floppy for 2.1.5. I don't have that much >> space available anymore. :( > >Yes I did, I was unable to use the keyboard, the keys are all jumbled. :( >I'm not sure I understand, I'm able to build a the kernel in much less >than 600MB? I have close to 300+ available, seems like a lot to build >a 1.44 MB diskette? Yes, but the kernel isn't the boot floppy. The boot floppy is a kernel with an entire FS stuck in the middle of it (don't ask), and it requires the special FS to be setup before you can build the image to insert it into the kernel. It *should* be easier, but it isn't yet. Nate -- nate@sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.mt.sri.com | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana (all the crazies are now in jail 'cept us home #: (406) 443-7063 | natives). - Fly fishing fanatic!