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From: Jerry A! <jerry@×××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 16:55:58
Message-Id: 20010406195621.A349@kabbu.reston.redhat.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install by AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
1 On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 07:15:02PM +0200, Achim Gottinger wrote:
2 :
3 : The alternative is to get this iso working an and use it as a rescue
4 : system. At the moment linuxrc scans
5 : /dev/hd[a-d] /dev/scd[0-1]. I'm planing to replace it with a devfs
6 : version then I must only scan /dev/cdrom/*.
7 : I attached a special linuxrc that only scans /dev/fd0, /dev/hdc and
8 : /dev/hde additionally it outputs all kernel
9 : messages to the console. Additionally it does not test if a version file
10 : exists on the cd. Make sure that the devices exist on the boot-floppy.
11
12 Okay, I think this is the default linuxrc from the distro. I put this
13 on my new boot floppy and it still probes for /dev/hdc, etc...
14
15 --Jerry
16
17 name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a
18 phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death...
19 email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important
20 || than that!

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Help w/Install AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)