> nm wrote:
> >
> >I am lucky enough to have an AS200 system.
> >
> >My disks are on a PCI adaptec 2940uw controller.  Since SRM 
> >on this model cannot use the adaptec controller I would like
> >to see about booting the kernel from a floppy disk.
> >
> >What should I do to make a single boot floppy that contains a
> >kernel?  The floppy drive is a 1.44MB drive and so I am
> >beginning to wonder if a 1.4.2 kernel with tcpip, some fs's,
> >ethernet, scsi, etc... will fit (stripped/gzip'd) on a 1.44MB
> >disk?
> >
> >Hmm... the other bummer is that the case has no room inside
> >for a small 'hard boot disk' :(
> >
> >I am beginning to think that I am out of luck until I buy an
> >SRM compatible controller like the Tekram DC-390F.

Do you mean an Alphastation 200? i thought those all had an
SRM-supported narrow SCSI controller on the motherboard? Sorry if I'm
missing something...

G.
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