Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk to usb zip and cd

2004-05-14 Thread Thujan
Tom Brinkman kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 14. toukokuuta 2004 18:36): > On Friday 14 May 2004 09:42 am, Thujan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I discovered that #mkbootdisk doesn't fit on floppy > > no more, because 1.44mb isn't enough space . > > How do I make bootimage to usb zip or/and

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk to usb zip and cd

2004-05-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 14 May 2004 09:42 am, Thujan wrote: > Hi, > > I discovered that #mkbootdisk doesn't fit on floppy > no more, because 1.44mb isn't enough space . > How do I make bootimage to usb zip or/and cd-r? > In cd it had to be iso-image doesn't it? > But what about in usb zib, I mean pen drive. > >

[newbie] mkbootdisk to usb zip and cd

2004-05-14 Thread Thujan
Hi, I discovered that #mkbootdisk doesn't fit on floppy no more, because 1.44mb isn't enough space . How do I make bootimage to usb zip or/and cd-r? In cd it had to be iso-image doesn't it? But what about in usb zib, I mean pen drive. Thank you, -- best rgds tt 17:37:38 up 53 min, 0 users, l

[newbie] mkbootdisk error

2001-11-09 Thread bascule
does anyone else get this? [root@mycroft /]# mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.13-1mdk Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost. Press to continue or ^C to abort: mke2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': No space left on device Error ! [root@m

[newbie] mkbootdisk with reiserfs

2001-06-14 Thread s
Hi, Can anyone help with making a boot disk for a system with reiserfs? If I use drak floppy and choose the reiserfs module, I get a kernel panic attack when trying to use it, cause I've set up reiserfs on my / and /boot partition. I've manned mkbootdisk and mkinitrd, but don't see an optio

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-30 Thread PC
>> Why isn't it mentioned in the HOWTO?? > I agree that it SHOULD be listed in the "newbie" info. :-) A group of newbies (those who actually learn as they go along) should conspire and write a real Newbie ICHTU (it could happen to you) Q&A. ;-) >> How would I point it to my LS-120 Floppy? >> Wo

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-30 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > AxalonI tried out your hdXY suggestion, using a 120 meg disc, in a > console window. It accessed the disc for a long time and froze up the > system so tight that no keyboard input would do anything. I had to > power down. So I tried a 1.44 flopp

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-29 Thread Alan Shoemaker
AxalonI tried out your hdXY suggestion, using a 120 meg disc, in a console window. It accessed the disc for a long time and froze up the system so tight that no keyboard input would do anything. I had to power down. So I tried a 1.44 floppy, but in a real console, and it spewed out a bunch

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-29 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > > John & PCfirst off, the ls-120 is definately a bootable drive, both > > with a standard 1.44 meg floppy as well as with the 120 meg ls-120 > > floppys. The command that points the output of mkbootdisk to the ls

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Johnif you put a boot floppy (linux or dos/win) into my ls-120 and the system bios is set for it to be a boot device the floppy will boot the computer. If you install windows on a 120 meg ls-120 disk, windows will boot and run properly (i/o is kinda slow). As to your thought that linux is fo

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > John & PCfirst off, the ls-120 is definately a bootable drive, both > with a standard 1.44 meg floppy as well as with the 120 meg ls-120 > floppys. The command that points the output of mkbootdisk to the ls-120 > is: > > mkbootdisk --device /d

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > John & PCfirst off, the ls-120 is definately a bootable drive, both > with a standard 1.44 meg floppy as well as with the 120 meg ls-120 > floppys. The command that points the output of mkbootdisk to the ls-120 > is: > > mkbootdisk --device /de

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread Alan Shoemaker
John Aldrich wrote: <---clip---> > LS-120 isn't a bootable floppy drive, AFAIK. That's one of > the drawbacks of having one of those. You need an actual > floppy drive hooked to the floppy controller. But, yes, the > actual command (from a prompt) would be "mkbootdisk > 2.2.9-19" (minus quotes, of

Re: [newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote: > >> On that note, when updating the kernal and initscripts for instance, > >> how do I get the package to install? > > John Aldrich> just RPM a new kernel in and add it to your > > /etc/lilo.conf, making it the default. Then re-run /sbin/lilo. > > Then rpm the new

[newbie] mkbootdisk

1999-10-28 Thread PC
>> On that note, when updating the kernal and initscripts for instance, >> how do I get the package to install? John Aldrich> just RPM a new kernel in and add it to your > /etc/lilo.conf, making it the default. Then re-run /sbin/lilo. > Then rpm the new initscripts and reboot. To me, this is an