Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-03 Thread Boozy
Thanks everyone! The --iso option funcions very well. But this option is not listed in mkbootdisk version 1.4.8 manpage. Thanks again! - Mensagem Original De: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Assunto: Re: mkbootdisk f

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
ot; floppy disk fit 1474560 bytes, space left = 47886 bytes, looks a bit like that is not enough upon gzip'ping the created initrd image I think mkinitrd of Red Hat Linux 9 is smarter and copies the existing initrd onto the bootdisk. > How can I create a boot CD? Option --iso: mkbootdisk

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Paul F. Williams
Did you by any chance set up your disk using lvm? We set up 2 of our systems recently using lvm and coincidentally, we are unable to successfully run a mkbootdisk on these two systems. ===/etc/fstab /dev/rootvg/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Brian Ashe
Luciano Rabelo, On Tuesday July 01, 2003 10:19, Luciano Rabelo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. > Can any one help me? > > # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp > Formatting /tmp/mkbootdisk/test... don

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Boozy
root 220241 May 27 09:57 /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img -rw-r--r--1 root root 1206433 Sep 4 2002 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp - Mensagem Original De: Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Assunto: Re: mkbootd

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 11:19:26 -0300, Luciano Rabelo wrote: > I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. > Can any one help me? > > # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp > Formatting

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Boozy
PROTECTED]> Assunto: Re: mkbootdisk failed - help! Data: 01/07/03 11:15 > Luciano Rabelo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. > Can any one help me? > > # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp > Formatting /tmp

Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Bill Tangren
Luciano Rabelo wrote: Hi, I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. Can any one help me? # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp Formatting /tmp/mkbootdisk/test... done. Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp... done. Creating initrd image... gzip: stdou

mkbootdisk failed - help!

2003-07-01 Thread Luciano Rabelo
Hi, I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. Can any one help me? # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp Formatting /tmp/mkbootdisk/test... done. Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp... done. Creating initrd image... gzip: stdout: No space left on d

mkbootdisk can't make bootable floppy disk

2003-06-25 Thread j_li
Hi List, I can't use mkbootdisk to make a bootable floppy disk for my linux server. I wou ld like to get some help from this list. Here is the detail: My linux server is running on a Compaq server box which has RAID hardware. # ls /lib/modules 2.4.7-10 2.4.7-10smp fs # mkbootdisk -v 2.4.7-

Re: mkbootdisk

2003-03-27 Thread irwin
On Thursday 27 March 2003 02:31 am, you wrote: > * Stephen Kuhn > > > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > > > > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > > > /sbin/mkbootdisk > > Maybe it should be run by root? (Haven't tried neither, th

Re: mkbootdisk

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Stephen Kuhn > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > /sbin/mkbootdisk Maybe it should be run by root? (Haven't tried neither, though.) -- Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norges-bank.no -- redhat-

Re: mkbootdisk

2003-03-27 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 17:24, Shawn wrote: > Hi, > > I need to make a bootdisk after installation and following RedHat's > guide use: > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > but get: > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > What do I need to

Re: mkbootdisk

2003-03-27 Thread LAST FIRST
t; >> mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 >> >> but get: >> >> bash: mkbootdisk: command not found >> >> What do I need to do differently? >Perhaps you are not root, or you did "su" vs "su -" >That means among others that /sbin/ is no

Re: mkbootdisk --/sbin/mkbootdisk worked

2003-03-26 Thread Rick Johnson
Shawn wrote: sorry needed the full path /sbin/mkbootdisk FYI - if you jump to root using "su -", prepending the "/sbin/" to your commands becomes unneccesary as the "-" tells su to use root's (or the user's for that matter) environment and subsequently

mkbootdisk --/sbin/mkbootdisk worked

2003-03-26 Thread Shawn
sorry needed the full path /sbin/mkbootdisk -- Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: mkbootdisk

2003-03-26 Thread Nils O.
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 07:24, Shawn wrote: > Hi, > > I need to make a bootdisk after installation and following RedHat's > guide use: > > mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 > > but get: > > bash: mkbootdisk: command not found > > What do I need to do diff

mkbootdisk

2003-03-26 Thread Shawn
Hi, I need to make a bootdisk after installation and following RedHat's guide use: mkboootdisk kernel-2.4.18-27.8.0 but get: bash: mkbootdisk: command not found What do I need to do differently? -- Shawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe ma

Re: Serial Console and mkbootdisk

2002-10-14 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:34:47 -0500 Robert Canary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good day listers, > > I have a machine that I always boot from floppy, with a disk created > from mkbootdisk utility. However, this machine is hardly ever > accessed via the keyboard and is very

Re: Serial Console and mkbootdisk

2002-10-14 Thread Bryan Liles
Here is a guide for you: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 13:34, Robert Canary wrote: > Good day listers, > > I have a machine that I always boot from floppy, with a disk created > from mkbootdisk utility. However, thi

Serial Console and mkbootdisk

2002-10-13 Thread Robert Canary
Good day listers, I have a machine that I always boot from floppy, with a disk created from mkbootdisk utility. However, this machine is hardly ever accessed via the keyboard and is very combersome to hook up a monitor to as well because of the location. What/how do I need to include on the

mkbootdisk not working

2002-08-13 Thread Humphrey,Nathan
Title: mkbootdisk not working Hi, I'm new to Linux and I was trying to make a new boot disk afer updating my system, but the mkbootdisk command will not work.  I get a response that says it is not a valid command.  Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem?  Is there some package I m

Re: mkbootdisk and 2.4.19-prex

2002-03-03 Thread Statux
> I was able to boot this kernel 2.4.19-pre2 using the cat > arch/i386/bzImage >/dev/fd0 ack.. use dd. Don't cat an image to a device. That's just gross. I wouldn't even expect it to work :) 2.4.19 hasn't been released yet. As noted, it's in pre-release stages. If it don't boot.. whatever. Pr

mkbootdisk and 2.4.19-prex

2002-03-03 Thread Frank Jacobberger
I know the stable kernel is 2.4.9-31... but I thought I would make you all aware that I had problems with running the stock RH 7.2 mkbootdisk in creating a boot floppy for this kernel 2.4.19-pre2. mkbootdisk successfully creates the standard boot files as noted below: [root@f1j rpms

mkbootdisk

2001-04-09 Thread Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda
I made a bootdisk with mkbootdisk and always get the Kernel Panic message saying it was not able to find init and open a console, I've checked all the files in my boot disk and still doesn'r work. Why??? Beatriz Elena Durán Castañeda www.EMon

re: mkbootdisk

2001-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
system, > >are you?) > > >If mkbootdisk set the wrong root partition, it would be handy to see > >your /etc/fstab file and the lilo.conf files from your running system > >and from your boot disk. > > >Mikkel > > This is my lilo.conf in the floppy > > boot=/de

re: mkbootdisk

2001-04-05 Thread Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda
>Try mounting the boot disk, and looking at etc/lilo.conf. Make sure it >has the correct partition for the root file system. (You are not >trying to use a boot disk made on one system to boot a different system, >are you?) >If mkbootdisk set the wrong root partition, it would

Re: mkbootdisk

2001-04-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda wrote: > I made a bootdisk with mkbootdisk and always get the Kernel Panic message > saying it was not able to find init and open a console, I've checked all the > files in my boot disk and still doesn'r work. Why??? > &g

mkbootdisk

2001-04-05 Thread Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda
I made a bootdisk with mkbootdisk and always get the Kernel Panic message saying it was not able to find init and open a console, I've checked all the files in my boot disk and still doesn'r work. Why??? Ing. Beatriz Elena Durán Castañeda www.EMon

Re: mkbootdisk question

2001-04-04 Thread Statux
oot@circuit /root]# file /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3 /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.3: x86 boot sector as it is on my system. On 4 Apr 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Hi, > > I just made a bootdisk for kernel 2.2.18 which seems to be working > correctly. However I do not understand why 'mkbootdis

Re: mkbootdisk question

2001-04-04 Thread Dominic Mitchell
"Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > mkinitrd needs to use the loop device to put files in the RAM disk> > image. What happens if you run "modprobe loop"? Or if you are > running a custom kernel, did you leave out loop device support? > The other major cause of this er

Re: mkbootdisk question

2001-04-04 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On 4 Apr 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Hi, > > I just made a bootdisk for kernel 2.2.18 which seems to be working > correctly. However I do not understand why 'mkbootdisk' complains > that all of my loopback devices are in use and can't open > /vmlinuz-2

mkbootdisk question

2001-04-04 Thread Dominic Mitchell
Hi, I just made a bootdisk for kernel 2.2.18 which seems to be working correctly. However I do not understand why 'mkbootdisk' complains that all of my loopback devices are in use and can't open /vmlinuz-2.2.18. See below. Would someone shed some lights on this? T

mkbootdisk: Does it work?

2000-01-24 Thread Chachi S. Francis
I mkbootdisk well for RH-Linux 6.0 kernel 2.2.5-15. When I boot with it, I get a message at a later stage: Warning: Unable to open an initial console. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. Let ideas flow here now... Francis. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL