Last Update: 6 June 1999 Last Update: 6 June 1999
How to Create a
Supplemental Disk
If you plan to install Linux using the FTP or local hard-disk methods you'll need to create a supplemental diskette. There are at least three methods you can use to create the supplemental disk:
1. The File2Disk method:
I consider this method to be the easiest and safest, but for some reason File2Disk seems to die on some systems. I have seen this problem (very rarely) on my A4000.
Assuming you have downloaded and extracted the
File2Disk program from the .lha archive you may create the supplemental floppy disk under AmigaDos by entering the command from the redhat/images directory:File2Disk supp.img 0
Which will copy the supplemental disk image to floppy disk 0 ( your DF0: )
As I said, I have experienced rare cases where this program will crash the system. If this happens reboot and run File2Disk before loading any other programs or networking software.
2. The Flat-Handler method:
This method should work if you are having problems with File2Disk and involves copying a file to your AmigaDos L: drawer, then mounting a pseudo device.
Extract the
Flat-Handler from the Flat-Handler.lha archive located in the utils directory of the CDROM image. You may do this into a scratch directory of your AmigaDos hard disk, then enter the following commands:copy Flat-Handler L: clone
mount FLAT: from MountList
copy dh0:redhat/images/supp.img FLAT:df0
This should copy the supplemental disk image to your floppy disk. Be careful when you copy to the FLAT: device because a single typographical error could instantly and permanently destroy your AmigaDos filesystem. This is the main reason I prefer File2Disk over Flat-Handler.
3. The 'dd' method:
In order to use this method, you must already be running m68k Linux on your Amiga. Make sure your disk is low-level (Amiga) formatted before typing the dd command.
dd if=supp.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=880k