I guess I just don't know how to make myself clear.
What I want to know is HOW TO MAKE MY OWN IMAGE FILE,
not how to build a floppy from the pre-existing image files that
don't meet my needs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Altoine B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
> "David C. Hoos, Sr." wrote:
> >
> > I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to
> > build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an
> > INSTALL floppy.
> >
> > Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy
> > is something quite different from a boot floppy.
> >
> > At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is buil
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "FreezeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
> >
> > > yup...
> > > there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2
> > > man mkbootdisk !
> > >
> > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build
> > > > an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself?
> > > >
> > > > I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something
> > > > related to a particular distribution.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but
> > > > using a kernel I've built to support particular devices.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> An install floppy is good if you know how you want to install stuff (I
> know I sound childish but bare with me). There are six different types
> on images used to create an install disk. a harddrive image (hd.img), a
> cdrom image (cdrom.img), a network image (network.img), there are two
> images that I don't know their function but they are there (other.img
> and blank.img), and a pcmcia image (pcmcia.img). You can find these
> install images on a ftp mandrake image branch site (ie.
>
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/images/
> or
> ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/i586/images/)
> If you want a LM8beta install go to the development or cooker branches
> but if you want a LM7.2 install, go to a regular mandrake/i586 branch of
> a close ftp mirror site and type this command in:
>
> (to get the beta image for a beta install from a cdrom)
>
> ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/i586/images/cdrom.img
> (download)
> create the install floppy from a *nix with this command;
> $ dd if=cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0
>
> If it reports no errors, you are ready to go!
>
>
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