creating my own Linux distribution+please help

saurav_gohain · 07-10-2003, 01:47 AM

micah , i was trying lfs 4.1 in a brand new system . i think it's just a f***

Micah · 07-10-2003, 08:08 AM

LFS 4.1... I may try this... With what I have taught myself (from reading from others experience and trial and error) I may have better luck with LFS now... hopefully =)

What kind of a machine are you doing this to?

I'll be using a test machine:
Pentium 133 or 233w/MMX
Approx 32Mb or 64Mb of RAM
IDE 4Gb HD (LFS built system)
IDE 1.2 Gb HD (Source Distribution)
Floppy and CD-Rom (nothin' fancy)

Not a giant, but I can make it easily out of my spare parts =)
I may use Mandrake as my source...

Micah

saurav_gohain · 07-11-2003, 12:13 AM

same as yours micah but with 20 gb ide hdd and 64 mb ram.
and os as mandrake 9.1

lets start our process of creating a distro.

did u send me the mail...

Micah · 07-11-2003, 06:54 AM

Yes, I sent you the e-mail =)

saurav_gohain · 07-11-2003, 07:12 AM

i checked , i didn't receive , anyway what should be the roadmap do u think we should adopt while designing .

saurav_gohain · 07-11-2003, 07:13 AM

my idea was creating a boot floopy and then start installing from that end . i think we need to write shell scripts at this moment to automate the process in the beginning

saurav_gohain · 07-11-2003, 07:15 AM

i will create a yahoo breifcase to share , is it of for u ..
saurav

saurav_gohain · 07-11-2003, 07:17 AM

is it ok ( of typed in the last sentence) for u

Micah · 07-11-2003, 08:00 AM

Hmm... I sent another e-mail this morning...
Subject: test Micah

Yahoo brief case is ok... I have no clue how it works, but I can figure it out =)

FTP can be setup easily from my end as well...

Boot disk(s) aren't a bad start...

Lets get the e-mail addresses verified =)

saurav_gohain · 07-12-2003, 01:48 AM

i got ur mail and send u a reply. what is the messenger u are using .

saurav_gohain · 07-12-2003, 05:02 AM

micah , i am getting a specific lilo problem .

This is not a valid device name while issuing
ROOT=/mnt/mylinux ./QuickInst

Do u know the error. how to correct it

Micah · 07-12-2003, 06:29 AM

I use MSN Messenger mostly...

I haven't seen an e-mail yet =(

About your LILO error:
It might not be in the command, it might be in you /etc/lilo.conf -- maybe a typo or simply a bad device name... If you can, display you lilo.conf file =)

Micah

isme · 07-12-2003, 07:06 AM

Hi!
I only took a fast look through this thread, but i want point you to FAI (Fully automatic install). Fai was originally created to easy install a whole beowulf cluster, but it will also fit to your needs (as you can do nearly everything with it).
Take a look at: http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/
If you need any further help, just ask

Azmeen · 07-13-2003, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by saurav_gohain
micah , i am getting a specific lilo problem .

This is not a valid device name while issuing
ROOT=/mnt/mylinux ./QuickInst

Do u know the error. how to correct it

The boot root should always be linked to an actual device node partition... something like /dev/hda10 or /dev/hdb5 and not a directory.

saurav_gohain · 07-13-2003, 04:01 AM

azmeen ,
the lilo problem is solved . i installed it other way .