Re: How to make a boot disk?

[Tom Pfeifer <tplists@optonline.net>]

The simplest way is to dd the kernel to the floppy disk, and then set
the root device (partition).

dd if=/path_to_your_kernel of=/dev/fd0 bs=512

rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/your_root_partition


You can verify that the root device for the floppy disk kernel is set
correctly by using this command:

rdev /dev/fd0

You can also set video mode if you want. See 'man rdev' or 'man vidmode'

Tom


Marshal Wong wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> You would think that after 2 years of experience with Linux, I would
> know how to make a linux boot disk, but I don't.  So how do I do it?
> :)
> 
> I heard of dd the kernel onto disk, but aren't there certain
> variables that are on the kernel, like the root partition, that must
> be changed?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Marshal