Re: [expert] mkbootdisk wont

2001-08-16 Thread Praedor Tempus
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 A

Re: [expert] mkbootdisk wont

2001-08-16 Thread Karl Davenport
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

[expert] mkbootdisk wont

2001-08-13 Thread Praedor Tempus
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 to continue or ^C to abort: mount: /dev/fd0H1440 already mounted or /tmp/mkbootdi