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]
> >
> >
> 
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