🚀 go-pugleaf

In alt.os.linux.slackware NET^^ <brand80@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am in the process of making a new 2 -3 floppy distro..to be loaded
> into....RAMDISK .....I used the BootDisk howto to get me going and I got
> the boot disk set up fine but I am having trouble with the root disk...when
> I got the rootfs all set up I used dd if=rootfs bs=1k | gzip -v9 >
> rootfs.gz and then used dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k and got it
> transfered to a floppy...I boot with the boot floppy ok but during bootup
> when I insert the root floppy...after it says insert root floppy to be
> loaded into ramdisk and press ENTER I insert the floppy and then press
> enter...it then says RAMDISK compressed image found at block 0...which its
> supposed to...but then I get a error.....invalid compression format
> <err=2><5>...what is the problem I have tried 5 different floppies
> including 1 new...I would really appreciate it if somwone could help
> me....I have tried 4 or five different ways of compressing it and using the
> dd command to transfer the root.gz file to disk...
> Here is what I have tried...

> dd if=rootfs bs=1k | gzip -v9 > rootfs.gz 
> then dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k 

> dd if=rootfs bs=1k | gzip -9 > rootfs.gz 
> then dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k 

> gzip -c -9 rootfs > rootfs.gz 
> then dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k 

> dd if=rootfs bs=1k | gzip -v9 > rootfs.gz 
> then dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0

> I even tried rawrite under dos...it still didn't work....

Can you boot it using loadlin?

C:\ loadlin kernel initrd=rootfs.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw

Format the floppy.

fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
dd if=rootfs.gz of=/dev/fd0H1440