Boot codes for Legacy OS 2 on USB?
Hello,
the legacy OS 2 dont boot from a FAT32 USB label legacyOS2 (puppylinux+,old pc) menu label legacy os2 = puppylinux+, old pc kernel /boot/legacyos2/vmlinuz append pmedia=ideflash root=boot/legacyos2 lang=en pkeys=de initrd /boot/legacyos2/initrd.gz TEXT HELP original from iso cd was root=/dev/ram0 loglevel=3 PMEDIA=idecd ENDTEXT Which boot code should I use? It say "cannot find Puppy files" before it abort (kernel loads and initrd starts) (I can boot Puppy, Slitaz.. on this USB with syslinux) Edit: I just remember I had already a thread here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...slinux-899800/ but .. no response.. so perhaps the puppy community will know it now? |
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This 'root=' tells the kernel which partition to mount after finally booting to look for /sbin/init which would run /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit , which would do all the stuff to mount /proc and /sys and load the drivers - in Puppy . The script in the initrd.gz gets changed quite often , and may or may not work with that "root=boot/legacyos2" parameter ; also the kernel . In puppy the "root=" parameter is used mostly for full installations nowerdays , the root=/dev/ram0 is a very old parameter , which i dont know much about , except that it exists . It is possible to gunzip the initrd.gz and "mkdir initrd.d && cd ./initrd.d && cat ../initrd | cpio -i -d > ./initrd.d" to read the main file "init" inside there . The puppymain-forum@murga-linux has examples in the "Howto Section" , and there is a pet called "editinit" out there . If you put the puppy initrd.gz inside the /legacy_os folder and not the initrd.gz of the legacy_os , the puppy-initrd.gz looks for puppy-dotSFS and puppy-dot2fs|dot3fs|4fs files on the disk|usb . It would not look for legacy_os files . You could create your own init and initrd file to look for legacy_os files , or just leave the initrd line out , because i think you installed full and legacy_os might not use an init-ial-r-am-d-isk at all to support the boot process with additional modules. Further I have to say that i don't know anything about legacy_os at all , just had read a few about OS/2 . |
hello there,
I will have to try like puppy and warry... http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...on-usb-885774/ psubdir=boot/legacyos2 perhaps it works |
I have never had much luck putting the Puppy file in a subdirectory.
You could move them to the root of the USB flash drive and trying the default syslinux.cfg. Mine that worked with all the Puppy files in the / directory is default vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz PMEDIA=usbflash I am unsure if you can use the append option to add parameters or not. You would have to read up on the bootloader to see. Is your bootloader ldinlinux? |
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It runs!
initrd.gz and vmlinuz files are in /boot/legacy .. sfs files in / (root) parameters are - root=/dev/ram PMEDIA=ideflash ide=nodma PKEYS=de for a CF 8GB card on IDE adapter - root=/dev/ram PMEDIA=usbflash PKEYS=de for a SD 8GB card on USB adapter And: legacy OS 2 is old.. sorry, but I will delete it next time from the CF and SD cards.. |
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