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Kent Tong (freemant@wr.com.au) wrote:
: "Cyclops *-)" <d9060469@helios.usq.edu.au> wrote:

: >> BTW, anyone knows how to make use of the live file system in
: >> RedHat? I'm very disappointed by the lack of documentation
: >> on the RedHat distribution itself (not on linux).

: >I tried and tried and tried and gave up too.

: >The live edition only rates a one page mention in the manual.  Maybe 
: >they are trying to encourage a HD install using psuedo subliminal 
: >techniquies.

: So, any guru out there who has actually got the live FS working?

Ummm, yes (gee, I like the guru bit :-).  I got it working fine when I
tried.  I didn't use their boot disk though; I've got my own kernel
that I know works with my hardware.  I ran

loadlin vmlinuz root=200 ramdisk=1440

then inserted the liveram disk, and it booted fine (once I remembered
to put the live filesystem CD in the drive).  Since XFree doesn't like
my video card, I didn't try that, however I did run a couple of
commands (cd, ls, ifconfig, route, telnet) then thought "okay, it
works, but what use is this?" and tried to reboot back into normal
linux.  shutdown, reboot, halt, and alt-ctrl-del all didn't work (they
said they were going to shut down, then did nothing).  My reset button
worked fine, however.

The live CD itself has a bit of documentation in /README, which
basically just gives instructions on how to create the appropriate
disks (boot, liveimg, and perhaps home).  There's a slight buglet in
the README though; it says "...you need a boot disk...and a ramdisk
image... you can use the mkfloppies.pl script in the images
subdirectory on your Red Hat Installation CD to do this."  But, the
mkfloppies.pl script will only create the boot disk, not the live
ramdisk image.

Regards,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/