peewee on floppy

[Adi Linden]

Hi Andu, 

> >You need to create a device for a 1722M floppy like 'mknod /dev/fd0u1722'
> >if you don't have it already.
> 
> That is, on my system, right? I have it.

It wasn't on my RedHat 6.1 system and I had to create it.

> >Next change the target floppy device in pwlconfig from /dev/fd0 to
> >/dev/fd0u1722.
> 
> Is that in pwlconfig script or in one of the scripts in the /scripts directory?

It is in the configuration menu of pwlconfig. The configuration parameter
is indicated below.

        Reset Project Configuration
        Save Project Configuration
        ----
        Target: Compressed ramdisk on FAT12 floppy disk w/syslinux -->
        --- Global configuration parameters ---
        Project Mount Point: "mnt"
        Project Custom Source File path: "/root/custom"
        Device Mount Point: "./mnt"
        Boot Image Name: "bzImage"
        Ramdisk File Name: "ramdisk"
        Initrd File Name: "initrd" 
        --- Boot loader options ---
        Boot Label: "linux"
        Boot Prompt Timeout: "2"
        VGA Mode: "normal"
        Append Options: ""
        --- floppy target configuration parameters ---
 ===>   Floppy Device: "/dev/fd0u1722"                      <===
        Free Space on Ramdisk: "500"
        --- ide flash target (or HD) configuration parameters ---
        Target Device: "/dev/sda"
        Boot Device on Target System: "/dev/hda"
        --- single ramdisk target configuration parameters ---
        Free Space on Ramdisk: "2000"
        --- multiple ramdisk target configuration parameters ---
        Free Space on /dev Ramdisk: "1000"
        Free Space on /etc Ramdisk: "100"
        Free Space on /home Ramdisk: "500"                                 

So no script to hack :)

> Yes, this size actually can take a minimal router system as opposed to 1.44M which is
> strictly a demo. Maybe it would be a good idea to add this option to pwlconfig.

Absolutely. In addition it would be an idea to build a system using
busybox and tinylogin. Both are included with PeeWeeLinux but I haven't
had any hands on configuring a system with busybox and tinylogin using
PeeWeeLinux in a long time.

Thank you for pointing this 1722M thing out! It's certainly something to
note for the documentation. I think perhaps at a minimum it might be an
idea to start a FAQ document...

TTYL,
Adi

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