Hello all, I have a laptop computer and I would like to install Debian Woody on it. The only one hard disk is fillen by a Windows 2000 NTFS partition (the main operating system onto this laptop), and I do not have any right to resize it.
I have found the TopologiLinux distribution : http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/ The distribution (based on Slackware) allows the install of Linux onto NTFS partition. It creates two files onto NTFS : one for the "/" filesystem, the other one for the swap device. Then, at boot time, it searches/mounts those files in "loop" mode with r+w allowances in order to transparently use it like any other Linux system. It runs very well, but I am used/addicted to Debian/GNU Linux, and I would like to install this distribution onto this computer. The only thing I need (at this time) is a modified rescue/boot floppy disk with a custom kernel on it in order to boot and then install Woody. The kernel needed is 2.4.21 patched with the last NTFS-r+w-Driver. NTFS has to be statically linked into the kernel. So, at first, I have proceeded like this : - from : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.21/ I have downloaded the kernel-source-2.4.21_2.4.21.orig.tar.gz file. Then I have unpacked it into /usr/local/src. - from : http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html I have downloaded the linux-2.4.21-ntfs-2.1.4a.patch file. Then I have applied this onto the kernel into /usr/local/src. - from : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/ I have downloaded the kernel-config file. Then kernel-config into .config copied. In order to make a test, I have not modified the kernel configuration : it is the "Debian" configuration that I am going to use. I have run the compilation like this : make dep;make clean;make;make zImage I obtain : [...] Root device is (7, 7) Boot sector 512 bytes. Setup is 4804 bytes. System is 1450 kB System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules. make[1]: *** [zImage] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21.orig/arch/i386/boot'make: *** [zImage] Error 2 So, I have tried it with make bzImage : [...] Root device is (7, 7) Boot sector 512 bytes. Setup is 4804 bytes. System is 1450 kB warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/kernel-source-2.4.21-2.4.21.orig/arch/i386/boot' Why is my kernel a lot bigger than the original Debian one? Onto : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4/ The kernel (linux.bin) is only 1.2M! I thank you in advance for any advice/help, Regards, Sylvain. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
