On Monday 10 November 2003 03:01 pm, Sharrea wrote:
> Hi All
>
> For those of you not lurking on Cooker mailing list, Pascal
> kindly shared this info and I've tried it on my system and it
> works - cdrom boots and system starts - and I'm using a
> customised kernel:
>
> <quote>
> For those interested, you can make an iso image of a boot disk
> if you are using LILO with the following command:
>
> /sbin/mkrescue --iso
>
> then just cdrecord it
>
> I tested this on my config, the cdrom boots and the system
> starts OK. </quote>
>
> Sharrea
I tried it too. As user '/sbin/mkrescue --iso' errored out.
But as root, 'mkrescue --iso' created 'rescue.iso', which I then
used 'cdrecord -v -eject speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -dao rescue.iso' as
user to burn to a CDr. Worked great, 3.2mb, like the 1st CD it
gives some addition rescue options, or you can just boot your
existing install. I'm also not runnin a stock kernel,
2.4.22-21.tmb.2mdk
Doesn't help those without a burner tho. For those, the only
thing to do is recompile a slimmed down kernel, with support for
only their hardware and what they use, to get it all down to
floppy size. Even then, the comin 2.6 kernels probly won't fit on
a floppy anyhow. So it's just a matter of time before floppy's
are completely obsolete.
So get a burner y'all. Somebody can have my six year old 8x4x32
Plextor. Still works fine, but the eject button broke off today.
I sort'a fixed it, but then right'a way ordered a new IDE CD-RW
Plextor ;) 52x32x52, $87.
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