Re: How to make boot + root disk? - Please Help!

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@acf5.nyu.edu>]

> 
> How can I make a bootable diskette that has a minimal root filesystem on
> it (maybe just mount, cp, ps, e2fsck, /etc and probably no networking)??
> 
> I know how to make a bootable disk by copying the kernel and using rdev,
> however I don't know how I'd place a root filesystem on the diskette.
> 
> This would be extremely useful for disaster recovery, like the goof I did
> yesterday by accidentally wiping out ld.so
> 
> Please advise!

Hi.

There is an extremely detailed guide for creation boot disks in
BootDisk-HOWTO. Check out http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/

Alex Y.

-- 
   _ 
 _( )_
(     (o___           +-------------------------------------------+
 |      _ 7           |            Alexander Yukhimets            |
  \    (")            |       http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/      |
  /     \ \           +-------------------------------------------+


--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .