Chapter 11. Using Bering-uClibc with an IDE harddisk or CD-ROM drive

Revision History
Revision 0.12003-10-30kp
Initial version
Revision 0.22003-11-06kp
Additional inks for CD building
Revision 0.32003-11-19et
PXEBoot chapter
Revision 0.42004-05-27kp
added IDE chapter (from Bering Guide)
Revision 0.52004-06-24kp
reworked IDE chapter
Revision 0.62004-09-06kp
added IDE-CF chapter written by Peter Mueller

Table of Contents

initrd.lrp
Create a bootable CD-ROM
Introduction
Step1 Create a bootable 1,44MB floppy
Step 2: Create the CD
Step 3: Adding packages and backup configuration
Create a bootable HD
Bering-uClibc 2.1 and earlier versions
Bering-uClibc 2.2 and later versions
Using pxeinstall.tgz
Introduction
Requirements
General description of the PXE boot sequence
Configuration
Booting via PXE
Setting up the new system
Supported network cards
Create a bootable IDE-CF
Booting from an onboard IDE-CF system
Booting from a PCI-IDE CF system
Credits
Links
Building a LEAF CD-ROM

initrd.lrp

To boot from a IDE-based medium you need to add the ide-related modules and hd/cd-rom modules to initrd.lrp (/boot/lib/modules) and to modify /boot/etc/modules. For your convenience the Bering-uClibc team provides an already enhanced initrd.lrp with all modules needed to boot from an IDE harddisk or IDE CD-ROM drive for Bering-uClibc version 2.0 and above.

You can download the file initrd_ide_cd.lrp from CVS.

Please rename initrd_ide_cd.lrp to initrd.lrp and use this initrd.lrp while following the instructions below.