On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:32:26 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > I used to build LILO boot floppies all the time. They had a very > small filesystem, with /dev/*, /boot/* and /etc/lilo.conf, a kernel > and sometimes an initrd. They were maintained, if I recall, by > mounting them, them doing > /sbin/lilo -r /mnt/floppy > > However, nowadays when I try that on RH 7.1, i get an error > Fatal: open /dev/fd0: Permission denied > > I do this as root, of course, and so I have to ask what more > permission do I need? The floppy contains /dev/fd0, identical > to that on the real filesystem, with the same permissions. > > Anyone have a clue? Anyone have a SxS? > > ++ kevin >
The way I make a lilo boot floppy is to modify /etc/lilo.conf so that the top line is boot=/dev/fd0 instead of /dev/hdxx. Then I put a floppy in and run /sbin/lilo. The resulting floppy gives me a lilo prompt and boots the kernel on the hard drive. Is that what you are looking for? I usually then change /etc/lilo.conf back to what it was for when I next need to update LILO in the mbr. -- Anita GnuPG key: 1024D/9EDAC910 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
