From 25e986bca8ad41df3705a6a12cdff2cf95c5ab96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: freesource Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:29:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] More changes. --- doc/html/index.html | 27 ++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/html/index.html b/doc/html/index.html index c3b30a3..81055bc 100644 --- a/doc/html/index.html +++ b/doc/html/index.html @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ kernel to function properly. Put a space between each device. For instance, "append ="   Add append options to brlilo.conf.   If you are using a frame buffer device you could add something like video=matrox:vesa:402,depth:16.

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Using the Advanced Root Section

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Use Ctl-S to save the changes to an open template, and Alt-A to save the template with a new name. -bOOTrOOT will not allow readonly templates or template links to be saved +bOOTrOOT will not allow read-only templates or template links to be saved with their own name. A few of these example files are included. You may make changes to them or clear their buffers. Then you may save the template with a different name.

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Little things you may want to know:

* gBootRoot requires ash for initrd.   Ash is a feather weight version of Bash.


FAQ

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What does this program do?

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gBootRoot creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd image.   The +

What does the 2 disk compression method do?

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This Boot Method creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd +image.   The initrd script mounts another root disk with a compressed (gzip or bzip2) filesystem.

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The root filesystem isn't made by this program, but there lots of compressed -filesytems out there to use (see rest of FAQ).   This program is patterned -after mkrboot, but unlike mkrboot it creates an unique bootdisk and a -separate root disk.

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What's the advantage of using this program?

You can use a bzip2 compressed filesystem, this program is easy to use, and it provides a framework showing a simple initrd method which you can freely @@ -308,6 +303,11 @@ modify.   I wrote this program as an extension to BootRoot which was as a solution to help oster at EE (www.experts-exchange.com) create separate boot and root floppies for an emergency system for his customers.

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BootRoot +was the original program, but it was decided that a GUI approach +provided the user much more versatility and power in creating distributions. +

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If you make a cool change to this program, or if this program helps you I'd love to know, that's better than receiving pizza. :)

How can I test gBootRoot?

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+Join or browse the mailing lists:   gbootroot-{devel,user} mailing lists +
Ask a question:   Help Forum
Start a discussion:   Open Discussion Forum -
-Join the mailing list:   gbootroot-dev mailing list

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