mkbootfloppy

ve1drg · 04-17-2007, 02:14 PM

I read that I should be able to use this command (mkbootfloppy) to create a boot disk to allow be to boot up a machine in order to access its cdrom drive.
The machine is an old one and can't boot from the cdrom itself - so it needs a boot disk to do this and I just heard that this 'mkbootfloppy' command should be able to do the job for me.

However, at a terminal prompt (root) I ran that command and all I got was something like a 'huh?

Anyone comment please..

jailbait · 04-17-2007, 02:52 PM

"I read that I should be able to use this command (mkbootfloppy) to create a boot disk to allow be to boot up a machine in order to access its cdrom drive."

Almost all distributions allow you to make a boot floppy from the distributions CD. However the command(s) used to do so vary from one distribution to another. What distribution are you using?

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Steve Stites

Quakeboy02 · 04-17-2007, 03:21 PM

Try running mkboot instead. Read the man page first.

ve1drg · 04-17-2007, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jailbait

"I read that I should be able to use this command (mkbootfloppy) to create a boot disk to allow be to boot up a machine in order to access its cdrom drive."

Almost all distributions allow you to make a boot floppy from the distributions CD. However the command(s) used to do so vary from one distribution to another. What distribution are you using?

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Steve Stites

Thanks for the response. All input is appreciated.

Well I am using the latest distribution of Debian. And it was while I was using knoppix that it said I could use 'mkbootfloppy' to make a bootable floppy that I found it wouldn't work in Debian or knoppix. And I wasn't able to find a MAN page on it either.

Mind you - I was using the whole command just as I wrote it. Maybe if I shortened it up, it might work (mkboot) instead?

I will give that a try..