On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 06:23, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> This is dead simple and works well. Altho Pascal seems to
> indicate it can be done as user. For me that wouldn't work, but
> as root 'mkrescue --iso' created a bootable image named
> "rescue.iso" (3.2 mb)in the directory I ran the command from. I
> burned it with 'biso rescue.iso'
> (alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject speed=12 dev=0,0,0 -dao')
> tom # rpm -q --whatprovides /sbin/mkrescue
> lilo-22.5.7.2-6mdk
>
> Besides being a boot CD for your currently running kernel, it
> also provides some rescue options when you boot from it (similar
> to booting the 1st Mandrake CD).
> ...........................................
> create a Boot Disk
> From: Pascal Cavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "[snoyes]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Le Dimanche 9 Novembre 2003 17:51, [snoyes] a écrit :
>
> 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
> ...........................................
Something wrong with mkrescue in 9.1.
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root# /sbin/mkrescue --iso
unrecognized argument: --iso
usage: mkrescue [--help]
mkrescue [--version]
mkrescue [--device <device>] [--fast] [--fs ext2|msdos|minix]
[--initrd <file> --kernel <file>] [--keymap
<keymap.ktl>]
[--nocompact] [--noformat] [--root <device>]
--device is the floppy drive; e.g., /dev/fd0
--fast specifies creation using a loopback device, which may be
faster
--fs is the filesystem to make on the device; e.g., ext2
--help prints this helpfile
--initrd and --kernel are the initial ramdisk & kernel files
--keymap is the keyboard translation table; default to same as
lilo.conf
--noformat bypasses creation of a new filesystem on device
--nocompact omits lilo map file compaction
--root is the root filesystem for the boot floppy; e.g., current
--version prints the version number of mkrescue
Used without any arguments, mkrescue will use the running kernel booted
by lilo, the companion initrd (if any), and the current root filesystem
to
make a bootable 1.44M rescue floppy.
root# /sbin/mkrescue --version
mkrescue version 1.2
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There is no reference to the option --iso in "man mkrescue" either.
Is there something I am missing?
TIA,
Adolfo
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