Boot Floppy

[GhostDawg]

I just installed AL-AMLUG Live CD 0.5.1 to an extra partition and now would like to create a lilo boot floppy disk for it.

It seems to use KDE as the default desktop which isn't too bad but I've been using Gnome.

Is there a graphical way to create a boot floppy in KDE? If not how can I make one from CLI?

Thnx.

[pbharris]

from the cli mkbootdisk <options> .e.g mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.5

[GhostDawg]

this distro don't seem to have that command.

Thnx.

[pbharris]

did you try it as root? it is -> /sbin/mkbootdisk

[trickster]

http://electron.phys.dal.ca/Bootdisk-HOWTO-6.html

[GhostDawg]

[quote author=pbharris link=board=1;threadid=9560;start=0#msg87037 date=1090616305]
did you try it as root? it is -> /sbin/mkbootdisk
[/quote]
Yes and tried /sbin/mkboot, Files not found.

Trickster, I seen that also but thought KDE would have a graphical program to do it. It seem that some distros have one to create a boot floppy. I guess this one don't.

I guess I will have to make it manually.

Thnx.

[shebang]

[quote author=Saptech link=board=1;threadid=9560;start=0#msg87040 date=1090617136]
[quote author=pbharris link=board=1;threadid=9560;start=0#msg87037 date=1090616305]
did you try it as root? it is -> /sbin/mkbootdisk
[/quote]
Yes and tried /sbin/mkboot, Files not found.

Trickster, I seen that also but thought KDE would have a graphical program to do it. It seem that some distros have one to create a boot floppy. I guess this one don't.

I guess I will have to make it manually.

Thnx.

[/quote]

KDE doesn't have a boot floppy creation GUI but it does have a floppy format GUI.

If you are compiling a 2.6 Kernel Series.. It has an option to make a boot disk to the floppy in the floppy drive. you might want to check that out. I believe i made on with 2.6.5 (when I was using it) and it was fine.
make help:

Architecture specific targets (i386):
* bzImage       - Compressed kernel image (arch/i386/boot/bzImage)
  install       - Install kernel using
                   (your) ~/bin/installkernel or
                   (distribution) /sbin/installkernel or
                   install to $(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo
  bzdisk      - Create a boot floppy in /dev/fd0
  fdimage    - Create a boot floppy image

bzdisk - Create a boot floppy in /dev/fd0
fdimage - Create a boot floppy image

That should help you out a bit.

Also try:
makebootdisk
It works with Slackware..

Good Luck!

[GhostDawg]

Thnx for the good info Shebang...but I've started distro hopping again lately, bored I guess. I've given up on the archlivecd distro for Simply Mepis livecd and I must say it's not too bad looking. And it let me create a boot floppy.

[shebang]

[quote author=Saptech link=board=1;threadid=9560;start=0#msg87052 date=1090644540]
Thnx for the good info Shebang...but I've started distro hopping again lately, bored I guess. I've given up on the archlivecd distro for Simply Mepis livecd and I must say it's not too bad looking. And it let me create a boot floppy.

[/quote]

You are welcome!