Announce: mkparted - new edition with nls support

[robotti]

Added NLS support and updated the software.

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/mkparted
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/mkparted "mkparted.tgz 1059Kb"

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This is a little package to create a bootable cd or floppy
boot/rescue linux system, with the `parted' program on it.

GNU Parted is a program for creating, destroying, resizing, checking and
copying partitions, and the filesystems on them.  This is useful for creating
space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between
hard disks, and disk imaging.

 * an online tutorial is available at http://www.luv.asn.au/overheads/parted
 * the GNU Parted home page is: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted
 * the GNU Parted ftp site is: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted
 * send bug reports, requests for help, feature requests, comments, etc.
   to: address@hidden

/mkparted -serial -[cd|fd|fd2|initrd] -k path_to_kernel
           -p path_to_parted_compiled_source_directory

You should configure parted like this.

/configure CFLAGS="-Os -march=i386 -s" --disable-Werror --prefix=/usr \
--enable-all-static --disable-pc98

If your version of gcc doesn't accept `-Os' use `-O2' instead.

You must include the "--enable-all-static" option!

If you want to create a two floppy system, with the kernel
on one floppy and parted on the other.

Tell `mkparted' where the chosen kernel is, the kernel can
be as much as 1695 Kb. You'll be told if the kernel is to big.

The kernel must have ram disk and initial ram disk (initrd) support.

There's a 2.4.18 IDE/SCSI kernel with JFS and XFS filesystem support
at the site below. You can use it or any kernel.

/mkparted -fd2 -k path_to_kernel

You can then create a parted initrd for a second floppy like this.

/mkparted -initrd -p path_to_parted_compiled_source_directory

You can then write `kernel.img' and `parted.gz' to two 1.44 MB floppies.

# dd if=kernel.img of=/dev/fd0
# dd if=parted-1.6.0.gz of=/dev/fd0

If you want to create a single floppy system, with the kernel
and parted on it. The kernel can be as much as 1100 Kb.

/mkparted -fd -k path_to_kernel -p path_to_parted_compiled_source_directory

You can then write `parted-1.6.0.img' to a floppy.

# dd if=parted-1.6.0.img.img of=/dev/fd0

To create a bootable cd version do this.

/mkparted -cd -k path_to_kernel -p path_to_parted_compiled_source_directory

You can then write `parted-1.6.0.iso' to a cd disk using `cdrecord' etc.

If you want to use a serial console the first option should be '-serial'.

The license for this package is GNU GPL.

http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/mkparted
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/mkparted "mkparted.tgz 1059Kb"

Kent Robotti <address@hidden> 5-3-2002
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