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= Notes so far = | = Notes so far = |
Revision as of 18:57, 20 December 2005
Contents
Summary
The goal is to boot Knoppix from the HDD using a bootloader (grub) and three files: the ISO, a swap file, and a persistent disk image (PDI).
v01: copy files from CD
Part 1: copy the files from the CD
- boot with knoppix from the CD
knoppix dma noswap vga=0 1
- if you modify the environment variables, you should be able to copy and paste straight into a terminal
# set environment variables drive=/dev/hda partition=/dev/hda1 mountpoint=/mnt/hda1 grub_partition="(hd0,0)" # hda1 = hd0,0 -- format is (device,partition) # clear the entire drive - yes, all information will be lost { seq -f d$'\n'%g 64 -1 1 echo "w" } | fdisk ${drive} >& /dev/null fdisk -l ${drive} # Partition drive, creating a 1 GB partition that has the bootable flag set echo -e "n\np\n1\n1\n+1G\na\n1\np\nw" | fdisk ${drive} fdisk -l ${drive} # create filesystem mkfs.ext2 ${partition} # rebuild /etc/fstab rebuildfstab -r # mount the partition mount ${mountpoint} # install grub grub-install --root-directory=${mountpoint} ${drive} # copy the files from the CD to ${partition} cp -a /cdrom/ ${mountpoint}/knx402 ls -la ${mountpoint}/knx402/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX # create /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/menu.lst cat <<eof > ${mountpoint}/boot/grub/menu.lst timeout=5 default=0 title Knoppix 4.0.2 from ext2 hda1 ISO scan ramdisk=32MB kernel ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/linux \\ ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us \\ apm=power-off vga=0 nomce quiet fromhd=${partition} \\ knoppix_dir=knx402/KNOPPIX config=scan home=scan \\ ramdisk=32768 noprompt noeject -b 1 initrd ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz boot title Memory test kernel ${grub_partition}/knx402/boot/isolinux/memtest eof wc -l ${mountpoint}/boot/grub/menu.lst # unmount hda1 umount ${mountpoint} # boot from the HDD reboot
Part 2: create a swapfile
Notes so far
knoppix dma bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso vga=0 1 knoppix dma bootfrom=/dev/hda1/k402.iso vga=0 -b 1 knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 1 { rmmod tulip modprobe de2104x pump -k pump -i eth0 & alias mrw='mount -o remount,rw /cdrom' alias mro='mount -o remount,ro /cdrom' alias alias.save='alias > ~/.aliases.bash' alias cls='clear' alias cp='cp -i' alias dir='ls -la' alias function.delete='unset -f' alias function.list='declare -f' alias function.save='declare -f > ~/.functions.bash ' alias h='history' alias l.='ls .[a-zA-Z]* --color=tty' alias less='less -iX -S -# 10' alias ll='ls -l --color=tty' alias ls='ls --color=tty' alias more='less' alias mv='mv -i' alias path='echo $PATH' alias pause='kill -19' alias pd='cd -' alias perl='perl -MEnglish -w' alias rehash='hash -r' alias resume='kill -18' alias rm='rm -i' alias root='sudo su -' alias ssh='ssh -X' } alias.save ---- simple install (non-iso) v1 - install using tohd, boot using fromhd, grub ## tohd # a "/" at the end of /dev/hda/ -- doesn't work. ext2 knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1/ 1 # sans "/" -- works. ext2 knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 1 # specifying knoppix_dir -- doesn't work knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo 1 # specifying a subdir -- doesn't work. ext2 knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1/foo 1 # specifying fromhd -- works. ext2 knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 tohd=/dev/hda1 fromhd 1 ## fromhd # specify fromhd -- works knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 1 # specifying knoppix_dir as foo -- doesn't work, yet knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo -b 1 # specifying knoppix_dir as KNOPPIX -- works knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=KNOPPIX -b 1 # rename /dev/hda1/KNOPPIX to /dev/hda1/foo and specifying knoppix_dir as foo -- works knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo -b 1 # mv /dev/hda1/KNOPPIX to /dev/hda1/foo and specifying knoppix_dir as foo/KNOPPIX -- works knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo/KNOPPIX -b 1 ## grub # copy kernel and initrd to /foo cd /cdrom/boot/isolinux/ cp -a minirt.gz linux memtest /mnt/hda1/foo/ # modify grub stanza cd /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/ cat <<eof > menu.lst timeout=5 default=0 title Knoppix 4.0.2 from ext3 hda1 ISO scan ramdisk=32MB kernel (hd0,0)/foo/linux ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=0 nomce quiet fromhd=/dev/hda1 knoppix_dir=foo/KNOPPIX config=scan home=scan ramdisk=32768 noprompt noeject -b 1 initrd (hd0,0)/foo/minirt.gz boot title Memory test kernel (hd0,0)/foo/memtest eof # boot using grub -- works v2 - include a PDI create a pdi on /dev/dha1. So far, booting with this PDI hasn't worked. Looks like theres a bug in /etc/init.d/knoppix-autoconfig. The code has two RegExs for ext3 and none for ext2. The solution is to boot using the -b cheatcode, modify /knoppix-autoconfig, and continue booting. Then the PDI is recognized and mounted. # misc boot lines and commands knoppix dma noprompt noeject vga=0 -b 1 tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/hda1