Problem mounting custom boot disk
Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the floppy and get the kernel image off of it, move it to /boot, and then re-configure LILO to run it. I've tried multiple variations of mount: -t vfat, -t msdos, and nothing at all (i.e., ext2). Each time I get a message that I have either chosen the wrong file system, or a couple other problems. What should I do? Thanks, Dave
Re: Problem mounting custom boot disk
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:37:20AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the floppy and get the kernel image off of it, move it to /boot, and then re-configure LILO to run it. I've tried multiple variations of mount: -t vfat, -t msdos, and nothing at all (i.e., ext2). Each time I get a message that I have either chosen the wrong file system, or a couple other problems. What should I do? Thanks, Dave afaik there is usually not any fs on a boot floppy. use 'cat /dev/fd0 /vmlinuz' instead. -Lex pgpitSfXP6Slg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problem mounting custom boot disk
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:37:20AM -0500, David Kanter wrote: Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the floppy and get the kernel image off of it, move it to /boot, and then re-configure LILO to run it. I've tried multiple variations of mount: -t vfat, -t msdos, and nothing at all (i.e., ext2). Each time I get a message that I have either chosen the wrong file system, or a couple other problems. What should I do? Thanks, Dave Why don't you just go to /usr/src/linux and do: $ make zlilo In case your kernel lives in /boot, then you'll have to move System.map and vmlinuz from / to /boot and run lilo again. Otherwise, it may be pretty difficult to take out the kernel from the diskette since you don't know its size. -- Dejan Muhamedagic UNIX and Linux Support Quant-X Service Ph: (+43) 4212 90555-0 Consulting Ges.m.b.H. Fax: (+43) 4212 90555-20 http://www.quant-x.comEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem mounting custom boot disk
You won't be able to mount the floppy since make zdisk does not create a file system on the floppy. Try dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/zImage where the first parameter is your floppy drive and the second is the path and filename where you want the image copied. Normally you would boot off the floppy to test the new kernel and then if looks good, copy it from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot and then run lilo to make it bootable. It must be named as specified in lilo.conf David Kanter wrote: Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the floppy and get the kernel image off of it, move it to /boot, and then re-configure LILO to run it. I've tried multiple variations of mount: -t vfat, -t msdos, and nothing at all (i.e., ext2). Each time I get a message that I have either chosen the wrong file system, or a couple other problems. What should I do?
Re: Problem mounting custom boot disk
David Kanter wrote: Last night I compiled a new kernel and had it sent to a boot floppy instead of the hard drive (using the standard Debian tools for compiling a new kernel). Booting from the floppy is fine. However, I'd like to mount the floppy and get the kernel image off of it, move it to /boot, and then re-configure LILO to run it. I've tried multiple variations of mount: -t vfat, -t msdos, and nothing at all (i.e., ext2). Each time I get a message that I have either chosen the wrong file system, or a couple other problems. What should I do? You won't be able to mount the floppy since make zdisk does not create a file system on the floppy. Try dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/zImage where the first parameter is your floppy drive and the second is the path and filename where you want the image copied. Normally you would boot off the floppy to test the new kernel and then if looks good, copy it from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot and then run lilo to make it bootable. It must be named as specified in lilo.conf
