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Posted: Dec. 06 2006,19:14 |
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This topic started in "Other Help Topics" concerning DSL's ability to recognize my multi-format Memory Card Reader (it does not) and evolved into the need to change the audience and post it here.
I want to create a frugal installation of DSL on a 64Mb CompactFlash card for use in a Compaq IA-1.
In a perfect world, I would own an CF-IDE adapter recognizable to DSL and proceed with a frugal installation. I have a USB memory-card reader that is visible to WinXP but not to DSL.
The switcheroo is that I want to create a bootable USB pendrive and copy its files to a CF card. The CF card will be accessed via IDE in the IA-1.
So here is where it gets interesting ...
Using DSL 3.1, I created a USB-HDD pendrive (using a garden-variety USB 64 Mb flashdrive) and can boot from it. DSL sees the pendrive as /dev/sda.
Using WinXP, I formatted the 64Mb CF card (FAT16) and copied all the files from the pendrive to the CF card (see file list below). Then I ran "syslinux G:" where G: is the CF card. I used syslinux v3.31.
In theory, I've created a FAT-formatted CF card containing all the required files to boot DSL using syslinux. In practice, I have a CF card that boots up to the point where it needs to find the Knoppix file, cannot, and fails to a limited shell offering four commands (mount, unmount, etc).
I suspect the failure is due to a misconfigured syslinux.cfg file. It is the one copied from the pendrive and contains references to /dev/sda. The path to the CF card, plugged into the IA-1, is extremely unlikely to be the same as the pendrive. I suspect it needs to look like /dev/hda or hd-something.
Does this sound like a plausible explanation? Or is the "can't find KNOPPIX" message caused by something else?
==== Files copied from USB pendrive to CF card ====
KNOPPIX/knoppix
boot.cat
boot.msg
f2
f3
german.kbd
ldlinux.sys
linux24
logo.16
minirt24.gz
syslinux.cfg
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