How do I start the iso of the harddisk with lilo?

I have put the following into /etc/lilo.conf

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image=/boot/knoppix/linux
        label="knoppix"
        initrd=/boot/knoppix/minirt.gz
        append="ramdisk_size=100000 fromiso=/dev/hda2/KNX.iso screen=1280x1024 lang=de"

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The knoppix kernel boots, but can't find the image. hda2 is an ext2 partition, knoppix version is KNOPPIX_V4.0.2DVD-2005-09-23-DE.iso, checksum is ok. What am I doing wrong?

TIA, Helge

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Originally Posted by testerus

I have put the following into /etc/lilo.conf

Code:

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image=/boot/knoppix/linux
        label="knoppix"
        initrd=/boot/knoppix/minirt.gz
        append="ramdisk_size=100000 fromiso=/dev/hda2/KNX.iso screen=1280x1024 lang=de"

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The knoppix kernel boots, but can't find the image. hda2 is an ext2 partition, knoppix version is KNOPPIX_V4.0.2DVD-2005-09-23-DE.iso, checksum is ok. What am I doing wrong?
TIA, Helge

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Try to use my minirt_ntfs.gz instead of the minirt.gz of the cd/dvd, even though your iso file is not on a ntfs but a ext2 partition:
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...1796&start=276 and Windows Partition PMI
Good luck and let me know if it is working for you.
Thanks, Gilles

Thank you, minirt_ntfs worked together with the bootfrom parameter :

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image=/boot/knoppix/linux
        label="knoppix"
        initrd=/boot/knoppix/minirt_ntfs.gz
        append="ramdisk_size=100000 bootfrom=/dev/hda2/knx.iso screen=1280x1024 lang=de"

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With minirt.gz it told that it mounted the ext2 partition too, but I am unable to tell details because I could not access /static/busybox and thus had no shell commands.

What other types of partitions are supported? Is it supposed to work from Reiserfs as well?

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Originally Posted by testerus

What other types of partitions are supported? Is it supposed to work from Reiserfs as well?

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I can read some lines in the linuxrc trying to load reiserfs but I have never tried it since I don't have any reiser partition on my systems. If not working it could probably be fixed. Can someone try to boot from the iso being in a reiser partition using my minirt_ntfs.gz ?
Thanks, Gilles

When I tried booting the image of an reiserfs partition I got to the minishell (with working busybox) only. Please tell me what kind of additional information you need. TIA, Helge

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Originally Posted by testerus

When I tried booting the image of an reiserfs partition I got to the minishell (with working busybox) only. Please tell me what kind of additional information you need. TIA, Helge

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Thank you for the testing and response. From busybox can you mount/read/access files in your Reiserfs ?
Do you know if Reiser support is built-in the knoppix kernel or a modprobe module is required ?
Best Regards, Gilles

From busybox I could not mount the reiserfs partition (told me "invalid device"). Knoppix is using reiserfs as a module:

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$ lsmod|grep fs
autofs4                19076  1
reiserfs              231024  0
unionfs                68088  1
ntfs                  163600  0

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Originally Posted by testerus

From busybox I could not mount the reiserfs partition (told me "invalid device"). Knoppix is using reiserfs as a module...

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Done. I had to add the /modules/reiserfs.ko module and update the linuxrc boot script in the the minirt_reiser.gz ramdisk. Please find it here: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=94216#94216
Enjoy and please give me some feedback,
Cheers, Gilles

Thank you, minirt_reiser.gz works fine.