If / is on the CD it needs to be mounted no matter what location the rom is
in.
In some machines it could be /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd.
Chris
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From: Yu, Jerry [mailto:">z.yu@ptek.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 12:46 PM
To: Chris Fowler
Subject: RE: [ale] Live Filesystem on CD
I am not sure I understand your question.
root is just to tell LILO where to find the root file system, aka, '/'.
Jerry Yu
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Chris Fowler wrote:
#So if the CD drive location is at /dev/hdc it will actually work with the
#below options. What if there
#What if there is a FS at /dev/hda1?
#
#Chris
#
#-----Original Message-----
#From: Yu, Jerry [mailto:">z.yu@ptek.com]
#Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 12:33 PM
#To: Chris Fowler
#Subject: Re: [ale] Live Filesystem on CD
#
#
#root=
#
#image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14--2
# label=2214
# root=/dev/hda1
# read-only
#
#
#Jerry Yu
#Systems Engineer                https://punch/~zyu
#Premiere Technologies                ">zyu@tc.net
#404-262-8544 (O)        
#
#On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Chris Fowler wrote:
#
##I know hoe to create a filesystem on CD . But in different machines the
##drive could be at hdc or hdd or sda or whever. Now the CD emulates a
#1.44mb
##boot floppy which stores kernel. How does the kernel know the location
of
##the root disk? Is there a parameter in lilo?
##
##
##
##Thanks,
##Chris
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