Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jan 1999 03:35:32 +0100 | From | Brian Schau <> | Subject | [PATCH] Boot from floppy. |
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Hello,
At the moment I am trying to build a one-floppy firewall. I haven't found a way to boot directly from a floppy without being asked 'Insert root floppy and press ENTER' (ramdisk_prompt only works for ramdisks). Hence, this patch. By specifying 'rootfloppy' on the commandline to the kernel (append="rootfloppy" in lilo), you can boot directly from a ext2-formatted floppy - no questions asked.
The patch patches cleanly against the first pre 2.2.0. It touches init/main.c and fs/super.c ...
... and I hope it finds its way into the mainstream kernel ;o)
Kind regards,
Brian[unhandled content-type:application/x-gzip] | |