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boot disk from command line
Name: shahzin Date: September 8, 2003 at 22:59:54 Pacific OS: linux CPU/Ram: P3
Comment:
hello friends, can u pls let me know how to make boot disk from command line. actually i was trying to make boot disk from linux 7.1 but i could not find option in GUI.
Name: taurus Date: September 9, 2003 at 02:31:58 Pacific
Reply:
Okay, here it is...
Log in as root and insert a blank floppy disk in your drive. Then type the following commands at the prompt to create a bootable disk.
cd /boot dd if=vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 (Assuming that your kernel is called vmlinuz...)
taurus
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Response Number 2
Name: 3Dave Date: September 9, 2003 at 03:22:53 Pacific
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Alternatively, use the "mkbootdisk" command (if installed).
If you want to create a floppy that will just boot your system (ie just have the bootloader on but it will boot a current install), edit /etc/lilo.conf, alter the line at the top that says "boot = /dev/hda" to "boot = /dev/fd0" and thenb just run "lilo" to write it to the disk.
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