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gBootRoot $version $date GNU GPL
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gBootRoot $version $date GNU GPL
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email contact -> Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource\@users.sourceforge.net>
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email contact -> Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource\@users.sourceforge.net>
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Homepage -> http://the.netpedia.net/gBootRoot.html
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Homepage -> http://gbootroot.sourceforge.net
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Submit a Bug -> http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9513
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Submit a Bug -> http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=9513
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Development site -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gbootroot
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Development site -> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gbootroot
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Help forum -> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=29639
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Help forum -> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=29639
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Open forum -> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=29638
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Open forum -> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=29638
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gbootroot-devel mailing list -> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=9513
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gbootroot-devel mailing list -> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=9513
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gBootRoot is a Gtk+/Perl program useful for both beginners and advanced
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GNU/Linux users. It makes the construction/development of emergency and
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mini distributions simple.
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- A GNU/Linux user can easily create an emergency Boot/Root set.
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There are a multitude of pre-existing compressed filesystems readily
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available. Please check the gBootRoot FAQ at the gBootRoot site
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listed above.
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** If you are a developer please send me links to Kernel/Filesystems
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which I can share with users of gBootRoot.
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- A developer creating a mini distribution can concentrate his efforts
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on perfecting the filesystem, and then he can use gBootRoot to
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quickly create a Boot/Root set to run tests.
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- Disk sets allow for more space to include interesting and necessary
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things. The size of the Kernel is increasing every day making sets
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advantageous.
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How to Use gBootRoot:
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How to Use gBootRoot:
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The most important button to familiarize yourself with is the Submit button
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The most important button to familiarize yourself with is the Submit button
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which starts the whole process; dialogs are presented as the process
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which starts the whole process; dialogs are presented as the process
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continues asking you if you want to continue "OK" or stop "Cancel".
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continues asking you if you want to continue "OK" or stop "Cancel".
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The first row has only one choice "lilo." Clicking on the menu on the right
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The first row presently has only one Boot Method choice: "2 disk compression."
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selects the boot method.
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Clicking on the menu on the right selects the Boot Method.
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The second row allows you to select the kernel for the Boot/Root set. You
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The second row allows you to select the kernel for the Boot/Root set. You
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may either use the file selector button on the right hand side, or you may
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may either use the file selector button on the right hand side, or you may
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type in the location on the left hand side.
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type in the location on the left hand side.
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The third row allows you to select the compressed filesystem you are
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The third row allows you to select the compressed filesystem you are
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providing, using either of the two ways mentioned before.
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providing, using either of the two ways mentioned before. You may use a
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pre-made root filesystem or you may create one using one of the Methods
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provided in the Advanced Root Section.
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The fourth row allows you to select the device you want to use. The default
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The fourth row allows you to select the device you want to use. The default
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device is the first floppy disk (/dev/fd0).
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device is the first floppy disk (/dev/fd0).
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The fifth row allows you to choose the size of the device being used. The
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The fifth row allows you to choose the size of the device being used. The
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default size is 1722 which works fine with 1440 floppy drives. Click on the
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default size of 1440 assumes you are using a floppy drive (Note: You may want
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to experiment with 1722 which works fine with many floppy drives.), but can
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be used with other sized devices like tape drives. Click on the
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appropriate radio button to choose either gzip or bzip2 compression if the
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appropriate radio button to choose either gzip or bzip2 compression if the
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program doesn't automatically detect it.
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program doesn't automatically detect it.
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Advanced Section:
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Advanced Boot Section:
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"Stripping" On by default for libraries and binaries. The stripping
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"Stripping" On by default for libraries and binaries. The stripping
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behavior for libraries may be changed by clicking on the right mouse button
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behavior for libraries may be changed by clicking on the right mouse button
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"append =" Add append options to brlilo.conf. If you are using a frame
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"append =" Add append options to brlilo.conf. If you are using a frame
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buffer device you could add something like video=matrox:vesa:402,depth:16.
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buffer device you could add something like video=matrox:vesa:402,depth:16.
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Advanced Root Section:
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"Root Device" This is the device used for the root filesystem when
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constructing the Boot/Root set. You may choose a device which is different
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than the Boot device, but presently only floppy devices are supported.
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"Root Device Size" The size of the actual media used for the Root Device.
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"Root Filename" The name give to the root filesystem when initially made
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in the temporary creation location. The save button allows the creation to
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be saved in the permanent default location when the Accept button is pressed.
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"Filesystem Size" Root Methods make the filesystem the size which is
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specified here.
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"Compression" Off by default to allow user-mode-linux testing. Turn on
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compression when you are ready to use a Boot Method which requires compression.
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"Method" The root filesystem creation method.
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"Template" The template associated with a Root Method. Not all Root Methods
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have templates.
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"Generate" This puts the chosen Root Method in action.
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"UML" Abbreviation for user-mode-linux. This is a linux kernel which runs on
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top of the host system's linux kernel and allows a you run a live root
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filesystem.
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"Accept" This accepts the created root filesystem if it is found in the
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temporary creation directory. The UML box and the main section will now
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reflect the path to this root filesystem. You can now test with the UML
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button or a put together a complete Boot/Root set with the Submit button.
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Advanced Kernel Section:
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Still in development.
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Little things you may want to know:
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Little things you may want to know:
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* gBootRoot requires ash for initrd. Ash is a feather weight version of Bash.
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* gBootRoot requires ash for initrd. Ash is a feather weight version of Bash.
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