From: kbenson@fireborn.win.net (Kenneth Benson) Date: Sun, 16 May 1993 00:41:58 GMT Subject: Re: Dumb SLS newbie question re: a2 disk
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>This is probably a dumb question, but here goes:
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>The README for SLS states: "boot Linux from disk a1,
>mounting the root disk (disk a2)".
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>Whenever I boot from disk a1, it appears to mount the root
>stuff from disk a1, without ever dealing with disk a2.
>Is this correct? The above quoted line seems to imply
>otherwise. (?) Also, later in the README file it refers
>to "menu". Is menu something you can do only after you've
>installed the a series?
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>The a2 disk should be an msdos fs disk, right? I can
>mount -t msdos the a2 disk, but then what? Should I be
>doing something with the image.tgz file?
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>Or, should I just boot from a1, then partition, reboot,
>make fs, then doinstall, without dealing with the a2 disk
>until doinstall asks for it? Does this mean the README is
>out of date or something or am I just reading it wrong?
^^^^^^^^^^^
As noted above, you hit the nail on the head. The SLS 1.02 doen't
ask for A2 until you doinstall. They managed to pack all of the
startup stuff on one disk (amazing, ain't it? :) ). Good luck!
Ken
The Fireborn