klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) (02/18/91)
oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu (Andrew C. Stoffel) writes: >I just finished patching ST-Minix all the way up to 1.5.10.3 from the >PH distribution (1.5.10) > >Now what ??? Before I go about compiling 1.5.10.3 {Just to make it >clear.. I mean the ST version} is there any way to change root from a >RAM disk to a hard disk partition ??? I have more room on my harddisk >than RAM for root and would like the few hundred K that the RAM disk >uses back.... I can live with the slower access root on a harddrive >would give me... (At least till I can get more memory (RAM) for my ST) Just for the record, i just (yesterday) upgraded from 1.5.10 to 1.5.10.3; i had 1 meg of memory, a 300 k ram disk, and approx. 150k free on /tmp. Upgrade succeeded expect for 1 patch (kernel/system.c) in 1.5.10.2->1.5.10.3 Stripping the ram disk a bit (i.e. getting rid of every thing but bare minimum (I do have a boot disk with only a 65k image)) made this patch succeed. With 1.5.10.3 came one virtual console -- and thus 32k less (hardscroll disabled -- see kernel/Makefile). So i squeezed the ram disk back to 250k -- and had to re-patch the kernel (due to a accidental rm -rf /usr -- i can't advise you to do that :-). It succeeded! As a resume i want to state that you don't need to get rid of your ramdisk to come up to 1.5.10.3. Klamer PS Thank you all for making 1.5.10.3! I especially like the virtual consoles! -- Klamer Schutte Faculty of electrical engineering -- University of Twente, The Netherlands klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl {backbone}!mcsun!mi.eltn.utwente.nl!klamer
oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu (Andrew C. Stoffel) (02/18/91)
In article <klamer.666869600@mi.eltn.utwente.nl> klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte -- Universiteit Twente) writes: [stuff deleted.....] > As a resume i want to state that you don't need to get rid of your ramdisk > to come up to 1.5.10.3. That wasn't quite what I meant but thanks :-). I wanted to know if there was a way to COMPLETELY get rid of my RAM disk and use the partition I use to boot it from as root instead.... > Klamer > PS Thank you all for making 1.5.10.3! I especially like the > virtual consoles! I'd like to add my thanks too :-).... -- |"The Snark WAS a Boojum, you see!"|Good : acs@unhd.unh.edu | |"Reality !?! Isn't that something |Better : ANDYS@psc.plymouth.edu | | you sprinkle on ice ??" |Best : oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu | -- |"The Snark WAS a Boojum, you see!"|Good : acs@unhd.unh.edu | |"Reality !?! Isn't that something |Better : ANDYS@psc.plymouth.edu | | you sprinkle on ice ??" |Best : oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu |
cechew@sol1.cs.monash.edu.au (Earl Chew) (02/19/91)
oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu (Andrew C. Stoffel) writes: >That wasn't quite what I meant but thanks :-). I wanted to know if >there was a way to COMPLETELY get rid of my RAM disk and use the >partition I use to boot it from as root instead.... Yes. Use rootdev from shoelace. I forget what the option is from the standard menu. Earl -- Earl Chew, Dept of Computer Science, Monash University, Australia 3168 EMAIL: cechew@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au PHONE: 03 5655778 FAX: 03 5655146 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
ralf@ptavv.ka.sub.org (Ralf Wenk) (02/20/91)
In article <ODDJOB.91Feb18072933@oz.oz.plymouth.edu> oddjob@oz.plymouth.edu (Andrew C. Stoffel) wrote: > [stuff deleted.....] > That wasn't quite what I meant but thanks :-). I wanted to know if > there was a way to COMPLETELY get rid of my RAM disk and use the > partition I use to boot it from as root instead.... Please have a look at /usr/include/minix/boot.h and change DROOTDEV to (DEV_HD0 + xx). You will get completely rid of the RAM disk. If you change DRAMSIZE you will get a RAM disk :-) For /tmp as an example and you must do mkfs on /dev/ram before you can mount it. May be this is what you want to know. -- -- Ralf Wenk -- ralf@ptavv.ka.sub.org