[PLUG] Emergency boot disk creation

Daggett, Steve Steve.Daggett at fiserv.com
Tue Dec 2 17:29:02 UTC 2003


Robert Kopp:
> 
> Is it possible to make a boot disk by copying
> individual files onto a floppy, and if so which ones
> should they be--other than the kernel, of course? If
> this subject is treated extensively in a document,
> perhaps somone could merely direct me to it.

There is a HOWTO... I found while I was searching for something else.  

The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html


This also looks helpful:

Lightweight Linux, Part 1
Leverage older hardware and break the hardware/software upgrade cycle
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lwl1/

Steve D...




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