mkbootdisk only makes the boot disk. You have to make your own root
(rescue) disk.
Larry Steiner wrote:
>
> John,
> I noticed in LM 6.1 we can create a combination boot/rescue disk by
> typing from the console: mkbootdisk <kernel version>
> get <kernel version> by first typing "uname -r"
> I noticed however than in testing it it booted to a certain point,
> created ramdisk, continued then had a kernel panic
> stateing "init not found" "try passing init= to kernel" . Wonder if
> anyone can shed some light on this?
> Larry
>
> Original Message dated 12/27/99, 11:46:29 AM
> Author: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Re: Re: [newbie] rescue.img:
>
> On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, you wrote: > > Hi,
> >
> > Please, where can I find the rescue.img file.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> --
> > Miquel Matas(Barcelona(Spain)). > > First, please stop posting in HTML. It
> looks like junk! Second, Mandrake doesn't use a "rescue.img" file. RedHat
> has one (I like to use their boot & rescue disk combo, but that's just
> personal preference... it works for what I need.) You can find the boot &
> rescue images in the /images directory on any RedHat mirror. John
