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Putting Linux on ZIP disk using ppa ZIP Drive Mini-Howto
v0.2, December 5, 1996
by John Wiggins <jwiggins@comp.uark.edu>
Slackware 2.2 section courtesy of
Michael Littlejohn <mike@mesa7.mesa.colorado.edu>
[------- Index -------]
0. Disclaimer
1. Introduction
1.1. Conventions
1.2. Updates
1.3. Related documents
2. Setting up the ZIP disk (Common for both distributions.)
2.1. Partitioning ZIP disk
2.2. Formating and mounting ZIP disk
2.3. Creating the boot disk
2.3.1. Configuring and making the kernel
2.3.2. Getting the kernel to a floppy
2.3.3. Setting the root and swap devices on the boot floppy
3. RedHat 4.0.1 installation
3.1. Personal setup
3.2. Package installation
3.2.1. What packages to get
3.2.2. How to install the packages with rpm
3.3. Problems after installation of packages
3.3.1. /etc/ld.so.cache
3.3.2. pamconfig
3.3.3. Setting things back
4. Slackware 2.2 installation
4.1. Requirements
4.2. Installation
4.3. What to install
5. Modifying /etc/fstab (Common for both distributions.)
-----------------------------------
0. Disclaimer
This document is only useful for those with the printer port
version of a ZIP drive who wish to have either a portable or
backup Linux system on a ZIP disk.
This document assumes the following:
* You already have Linux installed and running; this document is
not for a first time install of Linux.
* You have ppa support in your current kernel or if module, the ppa
module has been loaded.
* The mount point for the ZIP disk is the /iomega directory.
1. Introduction
This document is divided into three sections each describing how to
install a Linux system on a 100MB ZIP disk using a ppa ZIP drive.
The first section describes how to set up the ZIP disk and is common
to both distribution installations. The second and third sections
describe how to install RedHat 4.0.1 and Slackware 2.2 distributions,
respectively, onto the ZIP disk.
1.1. Conventions
==> Indicates the following text are commands.
1.2. Updates
For any updates, please check:
http://comp.uark.edu/~jwiggins/linuxZIP/
1.3. Related documents
* Installation-HOWTO
* SCSI-HOWTO
* ZIP-Drive (mini-HOWTO)
2. Setting up the ZIP disk (Common for both distributions.)
2.1. Partitioning ZIP disk
First, I ran fdisk:
==> fdisk /dev/sda
Here is a snap of the partition table I have setup:
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 96 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1 81 82928 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 82 82 96 15360 82 Linux swap
I decided to use a swap partition since I wanted to be able to use
this with any machine.
2.2. Formating and mounting the ZIP disk
After running fdisk, format the new partition:
==> mke2fs -c /dev/sda1
Then, create the swap partition:
==> mkswap -c 15360 /dev/sda2
Last, you'll need to mount the ZIP disk:
==> mount /dev/sda1 /iomega -t ext2
2.3. Creating the boot disk
Since the ppa version of the ZIP drive isn't a true SCSI device, it
isn't a bootable device and, therefore, requires a boot disk.
2.3.1. Configuring and making the kernel
First, you'll need to configure and make a kernel that has ppa
support enabled and not as a loadable module. In order to get
to the ppa option, select SCSI support:
SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI) [Y/m/n/?]
Plus, SCSI disk support:
SCSI disk support (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD) [Y/m/n/?]
And finally, under the SCSI low-level drivers, is the ppa support:
IOMEGA Parallel Port ZIP drive SCSI support (CONFIG_SCSI_PPA) [Y/m/n/?]
Again, be sure not to include ppa as a module, but rather in the kernel.
Thus far, the ppa driver will not allow the passive port of the ZIP
drive to be used for a printer, so you may want to say no to
parallel printer support:
Parallel printer support (CONFIG_PRINTER) [N/y/m/?]
NOTE: For more information concerning the ppa driver, please refer
to the ZIP-Drive mini-HOWTO.
Once the kernel is configured, make the kernel:
==> make dep;make clean;make zImage
The new kernel should be found in arch/i386/boot/zImage.
2.3.2. Getting the kernel to a floppy
Copy the newly made kernel to a floppy disk:
==> cp arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0
or
==> cat arch/i386/boot/zImage > /dev/fd0
Yes, there are many ways to copy the kernel to a floppy, but the
last way, my favorite, is a little more encryptic. Try not to
forget the > unless you like viewing binary files :)
2.3.3. Setting the root and swap devices on the boot floppy
Once the kernel is on the floppy, you need to set the root device to
the ZIP disk:
==> rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/sda1
I'm not sure if the next option is needed, but I did it none the less.
To set the swap:
==> rdev -s /dev/fd0 /dev/sda2
3. RedHat 4.0.1 installation
3.1. Personal setup
For my installation, I have and used:
* kernel 2.0.25
* Iomega ppa disk drive
* RedHat 4.0.1
3.2. Package installation
3.2.1. What packages to get
I found what packages to install by browsing a file I had found on
one of RedHat's mirrors. This file can be found on any mirror at
redhat/redhat-4.0/i386/RedHat/base/comps
Here's a listing of what packages I installed:
pamconfig-0.50-5 setup-1.5-1
MAKEDEV-2.2-5 filesystem-1.2-1
etcskel-1.1-1 adduser-1.2-1
cpio-2.4.2-3 dev-2.3-1
rootfiles-1.3-1 redhat-release-4.0-1
libc-5.3.12-8 ld.so-1.7.14-4
zlib-1.0.4-1 gdbm-1.7.3-8
ncurses-1.9.9e-2 modules-2.0.0-4
kbd-0.91-8 db-1.85-10
termcap-9.12.6-5 slang-0.99.33-1
statserial-1.1-7 mailcap-1.0-3
libtermcap-2.0.8-2 readline-2.0-10
libgr-2.0.9-4 libg++-2.7.1.4-4
libelf-0.5.2-4 tmpwatch-1.1-1
newt-0.6-1 cracklib-dicts-2.5-1
pam-0.50-17 crontabs-1.3-1
less-321-3 zip-2.1-1
tar-1.11.8-8 unzip-5.12-5
ed-0.2-5 gzip-1.2.4-5
grep-2.0-4 bash-1.14.7-1
mingetty-0.9.4-1 initscripts-2.73-1
rpm-2.2.5-1 zoneinfo-96i-3
util-linux-2.5-26 losetup-2.5l-1
info-3.7-5 e2fsprogs-1.04-8
diffutils-2.7-5 hdparm-3.1-1
sed-2.05-6 SysVinit-2.64-2
quota-1.51-3 which-1.0-5
vixie-cron-3.0.1-9 mount-2.5l-1
textutils-1.19-2 passwd-0.50-2
gawk-3.0.0-5 sysklogd-1.3-9
file-3.20-3 groff-1.10-6
vim-4.2-5 fileutils-3.13-2
bdflush-1.5-5 ncompress-4.2.4-6
at-2.9b-2 ash-0.2-5
fwhois-1.00-5 procps-1.01-7
psmisc-11-4 sh-utils-1.12-9
procinfo-0.9-1 stat-1.5-5
time-1.7-1 gdb-4.16-5
kbdconfig-1.3-1 findutils-4.1-9
timeconfig-1.4-1