By applying these two patches, I was successfully able to build a kernel on a bootable floppy disk, which would boot and then use the external FireWire drive as root.

通过应用这两个修补程序，我可以成功地在可引导软盘上构建内核，其将引导，然后使用外置FireWire驱动器作为根。

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You can perform the preliminary boot steps from a supported device such as a floppy drive, CD, USB key, or a tiny partition on the main drive, and then use the external drive for everything else.

可以从支持的设备(如软盘驱动器、CD、USB key或主驱动器上的微小分区)执行初始引导步骤，然后使用外置驱动器进行其他操作。

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Name the file and save it to an external storage device such as a blank CD or floppy disk, and store it in a safe place.

命名文件并将它保存至外部存储设备(如空白光盘或软盘)，然后存放在安全的地方。

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The notebook's external storage options include a LS-120 SuperDisk drive (which also supports 3.5-inch floppy disks), a CD-ROM drive, a DVD ROM drive and hard disk drive options of up to 20G bytes.

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