6 References

Written by Werner Almesberger. Excellent boot loader, and the documentation includes information on the boot sector contents and the early stages of the boot process.

Ftp from: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/packages/lilo/lilo.vvv.tar.gz also on sunsite and mirror sites.

These are available from many sources. Look at the usenet newsgroups news.answers and comp.os.linux.announce.

Ftp from: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs

• FAQ is in /pub/linux/docs/faqs/linux-faq
• HOWTOs are in /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO

For WWW, start at the Linux documentation home page:

http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html

If desperate, send mail to:

        mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu

with the word "help" in the message, then follow the mailed instructions.

Note: if you haven't read the Linux FAQ and related documents such as the Linux Installation HOWTO and the Linux Install Guide, then you should not be trying to build boot diskettes.

Written by Thomas Heiling. This contains shell scripts to produce boot and boot/root diskettes. It has some dependencies on specific versions of other software such as LILO, and so might need some effort to convert to your system, but it might be useful as a starting point if you wanted more comprehensive shell scripts than are provided in this document.

Ftp from: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Recovery/rescue.tgz

Written by Karel Kubat. SAR produces a rescue diskette, using several techniques to minimize the space required on the diskette. The manual includes a description of the Linux boot/login process.

Ftp from: ftp.icce.rug.nl:/pub/unix/SAR-vvv.tar.gz

The manual is available via WWW from:

http://www.icce.rug.nl/karel/programs/SAR.html

Apart from being one of the more popular Linux distributions around, it is also a good place to get a generic kernel. It is available from almost everywhere, so there is little point in putting addresses here.