[GNUz] Voyage setup part2: read-only

[Steve Holdoway]

...I'd be a bit careful with this in a multi-boot environment, and rtfm *very* carefully first, or it may dump lilo all over the mbr when you least want it to...

Steve

On Tue, 23 May 2006 13:35:10 +1200
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 23 May 2006 12:38:09 +1200
> Rik Tindall wrote:
> 
> > So here's the process used - can anyone spot the fault?:
> > 
> > # cd /dev/hda9[Xandros]/rm * -R
> > # cp ~/voyage-0.2.tar.gz voyage-0.2.tar.gz
> > # tar -xvf voyage-0.2.tar.gz [creates folder: voyage-0.2]
> > # mv voyage-0.2/* /dev/hda9/
> > 
> > That put the filesystem into place, and it boots ok using:
> 
> Actually I would say that a fault might be not installing it via the
> installer, but I am not sure what more the installer does. I know it
> configures the startup scripts according to what sort of computer you
> are running on, and performs a number of initialisations. eg it asks
> this question:
> 
> Which module to install?
>         1 - WRAP
>         2 - 4501/4801
>         3 - 4511/4521
>         4 - Notebook (pcmcia)
>         5 - Generic PC
>         (default=5):
> 
> If you want pcmcia to go this will be an important part of the setup.
> 
> By the way the installer is in the root directory of the tarball and is
> named voyage.update. It is relatively easy to understand.
> 
> The readme should be read, it is here:
> 
> http://cvs.voyage.hk/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/voyage-install/README?rev=1.14
> 
> (which is referenced off the voyage home page.)
> 
> Please also note that the installer will install lilo on the target
> drive. This is not so good if you are installing it to a partition on
> your laptop. If you comment out line 273 
> 
> #update_lilo $INIT
> 
> It will skip doing lilo. You will then have to set up your bootloader,
> which i see you have sussed already.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
> 
> 
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