I figured out the problem. It was wine. I was running (codeweavers) wine and trying to make a bootdisk at the same time. Wine grabs hold of floppy, even when it is not specifically using it, and prevents access to it by mkbootdisk. Shutting down wine and then doing it worked. On Thursday 16 August 2001 11:22 am, you wrote: > Be sure that the file /tmp/mkbootdisk isn't still sitting in you tmp > directory from a previous failed run of mkbootdisk. Delete it, and give > it another try. > > > > -Karl > > >What the hell? I cannot make a bootdisk because every time I try I get: > > > >[root@localhost praedor]# mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.3-20mdk > >Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost. > >Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: > >mount: /dev/fd0H1440 already mounted or /tmp/mkbootdisk busy > > > >No, the floppy is NOT already mounted. I have manually unmounted it then > >run > >the above command - same result. I have tried to mount "/dev/fd0H1440" to > >no > >avail. > > > >How is one supposed to make a bootdisk? > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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