Customizing Tom's Root Boot stand-alone Linux floppy
Introduction
This quick tutorial will show you how to customize a
tomsrtbt floppy.
How to add/remove modules
Auto-completion
Ie. the TAB key to save on keystrokes.
Setting up command aliases
alias ll='ls -alF --color'
Turning off beeps when using vi
Support for the 3Com 905c NIC
Removing the root password
The default is xxxx.
Adding support for history
Including ! Command history is via ile from /bin/login, see "man ile" and /bin/login.
Forcing video mode and keyboard layout
Tired of hitting the SPACE bar and choosing the keyboard layout every time
Troubleshooting
After editing rc.custom and settings.s, LILO's boot prompt says "Other distribuboot:" instead of "Boot:"
Resources
Temp stuff
- auto-completion
- alias -> rc.custom
- Turn off vi's beep
- support for 905c
- how to set root's password to null (edited $PASSWD to null, edited /etc/passwd)
- support for ! in history
- Edited settings.s file -> "Other distriboot"
- How to force video mode and keyboard layout?
- How to mount floppy drive during bootup? /etc/fstab OK, but mount not run
- Check how to mount NFS share automatically
- smbfs
- less instead of more