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# InitRD-RootFS.HOWTO.txt
# -----------------------
#
#	- how to make an initrd
#	- how to make a loop-based rootfs
#
#	- put the initrd.gz and rootfs.gz onto compact flash or USB
#
#
# Original Files
# --------------
#	http://Linux-Boot.net/Bootable/Scripts/InitRD-RootFS.HOWTO.txt
#	http://linux-boot.net/InitRD
#	http://linux-boot.net/RootFS
#
#	- aliases ( same script, with different names )
#		InitRD-Howto.sh.txt
#		RootFS-Howto.sh.txt
#
#
# Demo Files
# ==========
#	#
#	# - you will need to know how to edit the initrd.gz and rootfs.gz files
#	#	( you will need to use your own kernel for your hardware )
#	#
#	http://linux-boot.net/Bootable/InitRD		initrd.gz
#	http://linux-boot.net/Bootable/RootFS		rootfs.gz
#	http://linux-boot.net/Bootable/Patches.X11	x11.tgz  + KDE.tgz
#
#
# ====================
# Minimum Requirements
# ====================
#    Development System:
#	- requires ramdisk, ext3, jfs
#
#	#
#	# - you will need to know how to edit the initrd.gz and rootfs.gz files
#	#	( you will need to use your own kernel for your hardware )
#	#
#
#
#   Target Media ( CompactFlash(/dev/hda) or USB-memory-stick(/dev/sda) )
#	#
#	#
#	# ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#	# we each of the partitions to be approximately the same BLOCK sizes
#	# ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#	#
#	# cylinder/head/sector will be different from different manufacturers
#	#
#	#
#
#	64MB CompactFlash ( no X11 )		( fdisk -l /dev/hda )
#	==================
#	Disk /dev/hda: 64 MB, 64225280 bytes
#	8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 490 cylinders
#	Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 = 131072 bytes
#
#	Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
# -->	/dev/hda1            1         184       23536   83  Linux	# 24MB for /boot
# -->	/dev/hda2          185         490       39168   83  Linux	# 40MB scratch area for creating /dev/loop
#	/dev/hda3          491        4999       39168   83  Linux	# optional rest of the disk for user customizations
#
#
#	1GB USB Memory stick w/ KDE 	( fdisk -l /dev/sda )
#	====================
#	Disk /dev/sda: 1024 MB, 1024966656 bytes
#	32 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders
#	Units = cylinders of 2016 * 512 = 1032192 bytes
#
#	/dev/sda1   *           1          32       32224+  83  Linux
#	/dev/sda2              33          95       63504   83  Linux
#	/dev/sda3              96         127       32256   83  Linux
#	/dev/sda4             128         993      872928    5  Extended
#	/dev/sda5             128         516      392080+  83  Linux		 57MB = X11 --> 140MB of memory
#	/dev/sda6             517         548       32224+  82  Linux swap
#	/dev/sda7             549         993      448528+  83  Linux		125MB = KDE --> 425MB of memory
#
#
# Additional Features in the future
# ==================================
#	- Add httpd
#	- Add wifi
#
#
# 20-Nov-00 amo Date-of-Birth 
# 17-Mar-05 amo Created Howto, Added bootUSB in addition to bootCF
# 25-Mar-05 amo Cleanup docs, Renamed to InitRD-HOWTO.txt
# 21-Aug-05 amo Cleanup docs, added partition scheme
# 26-Aug-05 amo Cleanup docs for X11/KDE
#
#
#
# Start with a Clean Build environment
# ------------------------------------
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -clean
#
#
#
#
# Create a InitRD   ( enough to install the RootFS ) 
# ---------------
#	- if you need to do additional tasks, add it to InitRD.txt
#
# # create a compact flash ( /dev/hda )
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev hda -initcf
#
# # create a usb memory stick ( /dev/sda )
# InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev sda -initusb
#
#
#
# Create a RootFS
# ---------------
#	- if you want some additional apps, add it to RootFS.txt
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -rootfs
#
#
# =======================================================================
# #
# # Now Copy the initrd and rootfs to make the standalone bootable media
# #
# =======================================================================
#
#
# Create a standalone bootable CDROM
# -----------------------------------------
#
Make.RD.Loop.sh  -bootcd
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#
#
# Create a standalone bootable CompactFlash with grub
# -----------------------------------------
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev hda -initusb -rootfs -bootcf -Grub
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#
#
# Create a standalone bootable USB stick with grub
# -----------------------------------------
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev sda -initusb -rootfs -bootusb -Grub
#
#
# Create a standalone bootable floppy
# -----------------------------------------
#
Make.RD.Loop.sh  -bootfd
#
#
# //////////////////////////
#
#
# Create a standalone bootable USB stick with X11
# -----------------------------------------------
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev sda -initusb -rootfs -bootusb -Grub -X11
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#
# Create a standalone bootable USB stick with X11 + KDE
# -----------------------------------------------------
#
InitRD-RootFS.sh.txt -dev sda -initusb -rootfs -bootusb -Grub -X11 -KDE
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#
#
# Use Lilo or Grub to make the FD/CF/CD/USB bootable
# --------------------------------------------------
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# End of file