"David C. Hoos, Sr." wrote:
>
> I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to
> build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an
> INSTALL floppy.
>
> Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy
> is something quite different from a boot floppy.
>
> At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is buil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "FreezeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
>
> > yup...
> > there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2
> > man mkbootdisk !
> >
> > On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build
> > > an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself?
> > >
> > > I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something
> > > related to a particular distribution.
> > >
> > > I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but
> > > using a kernel I've built to support particular devices.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
An install floppy is good if you know how you want to install stuff (I
know I sound childish but bare with me). There are six different types
on images used to create an install disk. a harddrive image (hd.img), a
cdrom image (cdrom.img), a network image (network.img), there are two
images that I don't know their function but they are there (other.img
and blank.img), and a pcmcia image (pcmcia.img). You can find these
install images on a ftp mandrake image branch site (ie.
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/cooker/images/
or
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/i586/images/)
If you want a LM8beta install go to the development or cooker branches
but if you want a LM7.2 install, go to a regular mandrake/i586 branch of
a close ftp mirror site and type this command in:
(to get the beta image for a beta install from a cdrom)
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/i586/images/cdrom.img
(download)
create the install floppy from a *nix with this command;
$ dd if=cdrom.img of=/dev/fd0
If it reports no errors, you are ready to go!
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