On 03-Aug-2000 Richard Black wrote: > Hi all > > I am trying to make a new boot disk for a Woody system on a Toshiba > Satellite. I run mkboot, and all looks good...except when I try to use > the disk it just freezes. > > When I first installed debian (slink) I had to use a tecra rescue disk. > Does this mean that mkboot won't work? > > I have also tried to just copy my kernel image on to a disk, but when I > do that I can't log in--root is not recognised as a user (there are some > PAM errors to that effect) > > Suggestions would be much appreciated
I had to use a Tecra disk on my ThinkPad. Then I installed a new kernel (made with 'make-kpkg'). I am able to use 'mkboot' but I don't know if that has anything to do with the fact that I made a custom kernel. -- Andrew
