On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 20:42:59 -0500 "Chapman, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied:
> Upon further testing you are probably right. What I did was take the > boot.img file and remove the adaptec module so I could add the equally > large ft.o (promise fasttrack100 raid driver). Copied that to my > boot cd and it failed as mentioned earlier. It looks like the adaptec > is needed for the samsung cdrom drive for some reason... But if I add > the adaptec back in the boot.img file is then too large even after > removing ncr, sym and usb modules! > Can you make the boot.img file bigger than the disk size if you intend > on only placing it on the CDROM anyways??? > -matt I don't have the answer to that because I've never tried this. You might be able to gzip something or other, but someone more versed in the procedure is called for to answer that question. I'd have to do more research because I've never needed it myself. > -----Original Message----- > From: ABrady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tue 2/5/2002 7:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > Subject: Re: mkisofs unknown cdrom type > > > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:23:22 -0500 > Matt Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > > Hi, > > > > I have successfully created a cdrom (sort of) with my own > > custom stuff! Now I go to burn the cdrom and make it bootable > > and use the kickstart file which is in the root dir of the > > cdrom. > > > > I made a sysimage.txt file that points to ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg > > so far so good. > > > > I run this command > > > > # mkisofs -V origin -b images/boot.img -c boot.cat -J -r -T -o > > bootcd.iso /cd1 > > > > Makes the cdrom and then I burn it with xcdroast! Put it in > > the server and I get passed all the fun stuff of boot up and > > then wham, fail can't determine type of cdrom? > > > > It booted of the cdrom and then fails to recognize it in order > > to do the install? > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Is this the wrong mkisofs command? > > Might be missing the right module for the cdrom. That would > still allow it to start the boot process, but the kernel loaded > wouldn't know how to handle it. > > -- > If you want to browse and read email, get an iMac. > If you want others reading your email, get Windows with Outlook. > For anything else, get Linux. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- "Warning: 10 days have passed since your last Windows reinstall." _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
