On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Wish wrote: I have found reading floppies is best with mtools you could mdir a: to see whats there you could then mcopy a:file.img /somehere and edit it and mcopy it back to the floppy. > I don't know about your install floppy but I could not mount my install > floppy disk. > It gave an error: unknown filesystem, unable to mount Could not mount it > as ext2 or vfat, didn't try minix fs but That is hardly used anymore so I > just assumed it should be ext2. > > I can mount a floppy that is made with bootdrake but the installation > floppy disk did not work. > > But you are right. You can just mount the install floppy (if that works) > and then adjust it. > I will try to mount it as minix floppy tonight maybe it will work. Would be > easier thean loopback. > > Marcus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Stodden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 2:36 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] modify the boot.img > > > > marc wrote: > > > > > > Well, That is not that difficult as it looks like. > > > > Huh? Why use loopback? All you have to do is mount the floppy dd > > made from the image file and replace vmlinux on it. dd back again > > if you want a new image file. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Ron. [AU] > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > >
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