on Sat, May 12, 2001 at 01:21:14PM -0700, Matt Armstrong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > When installing a kernel created with kernel-package, you're given the > option of creating a boot floopy with the kernel. > > Is there some way to create a boot floopy with the current kernel > after the install?
See the LILO documentation (/usr/share/doc/lilo) for information on how
to create a LILO boot disk.
- insert a blank (but low-level formatted) floppy disk into /dev/fd0.
- run echo image=<kernel_image> |
/sbin/lilo -C - -b /dev/fd0 -v -v -v
If you've already installed LILO on your system, you might not want
to overwrite your old map file. Use the -m option to specify an
alternate map file name.
- reboot. LILO should now load its boot loaders from the floppy disk
and then continue loading the kernel from the hard disk.
You can also create a kernel boot disk simply by binary copying your
kernel to the floppy:
$ dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024
...you can now boot the kernel off of the floppy. Test before you need
to rely on it.
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