Re: Making a bootable LILO floppy
... I always just use 'mkboot [image]' on my main kernel image, which
gives me the same lilo config on the floppy as for the HDD.
Andrew
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Sebastiaan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> from /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt:
>
> /sbin/mke2fs /dev/fd0
> mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
> cp /boot/boot.b /floppy
> cp /vmlinuz /floppy
> echo image=/floppy/vmlinuz label=linux | /sbin/lilo -C - -b /dev/fd0 -i
> /floppy/boot.b -c -m /floppy/map
> umount /floppy
>
>
> For bigger configurations it may be handier to:
> /sbin/lilo -C floppylilo.conf -b /dev/fd0 -i /floppy/boot.b -c -m /floppy/map
>
>
> Greetz,
> Sebastiaan
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Tom Schuetz wrote:
>
> > How would I save a LILO configuration to a floppy's MBR, so as to run LILO from the floppy?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
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