Shrinking the Original WinME partition

- Download 2.4.17 kernel and extract it under /usr/src/linux-2.4.17
- Get the kernel config file from
  http://memebeam.org/free-software/toshiba_misc/config_l1_boot-2.4.17
  and save it as /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/.config
- Get the USB-boot-floppy patch from
  http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/omnibook/patches/usb-root-floppy-2.4.15.diff
  and save it as /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/usb-root-floppy-2.4.15.diff
- Patch the kernel:
  cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.17
  patch -p1 < usb-root-floppy-2.4.15.diff
- Compile the kernel:
  make dep
- Get Debian's Rescue and Root floppy images from:
  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin
  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/root.bin
- Using loopback device to mount rescue.bin:
  mkdir rescue; mount -o loop rescue.bin rescue 
- cd rescue; cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot/bzImage linux.bin
- ./rdev.sh
- cd ..; umount rescue
- Write rescue.bin and root.bin to floppies
- Boot Libretto with rescue.bin:
  at boot prompt, type:
  linux.bin usb_root_floppy=/dev/sda

Appendix A.

Create a Boot Floppy with parted
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1. Get the boot floppy from parted FTP at
   ftp.gnu.org:/gnu/parted/bootdisk/partboot.img
2. run rdev -r partboot.img and convert the number to binary, and then
   convert the rightmost 11 bits back to decimal (SKIP_OFFSET)
3. dd if=partboot.img of=partroot.img bs=1k skip=SKIP_OFFSET
4. Compile a kernel with the usb root floppy patch, and rename it to
   mypartboot.img
5. Attach partroot.img to the end of mypartboot.img by
   dd if=partroot.img of=mypartboot.img bs=1k seek=SEEK_OFFSET
   where SEEK_OFFSET is calculated by
     ceiling(no. of bytes of mypartboot.img/1024) + 1
6. Set the boot device: rdev mypartboot.img /dev/sda
7. Set root to be loaded read/write: rdev -R mypartboot.img 0
8. Set the ramdisk word: rdev -r mypartboot.img WORD
   where WORD is SEEK_OFFSET+(2^14)+(2^15)












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