On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Dave Yantis wrote: > On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:14:06 -0800, Joshua Andrews wrote: > >Beartooth wrote: > > > >> Where have they put it? The new find command doesn't seem > >>to be much use unless you already know the exact name of what > >>your're looking for -- and even then, I have my doubts ... > > [snip] > > > >> > >How about mkbootdisk? > > > > > > > > Also, won't this do it, too > > dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 whoa, somebody better clarify what they mean by a boot floppy. the above "dd" command will create a bootable floppy that contains nothing but a kernel. the boot floppy that you can make from the images/ directory on CD 1 has more than just a kernel. if you want to see its contents, grab a copy of the file "boot.img" from that directory on CD 1, and copy it to, say, /tmp. then, in /tmp, as root: # mkdir m # mount -o loop boot.img m # cd m and look around. much more than just a kernel. the confusion here is that different people mean different things when they use the phrase "boot disk". rday -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
