Re[2]: [Sheflug] Oh gloom

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Today, Steve Tickle <s.tickle [at] quarndon.co.uk> wrote:
> At 09:54 28/02/02 +0000, Chris J wrote:
> How do I make a bootable floppy though? In one of Eric Moore's reply
> to a 
> different thread I posted, he refers to mkrescue but I can't find this
> on 
> my other SuSE box and it doesn't seem to be on the installation media
> anywhere.
> 
> Sorry for being a complete and utter muppet.

It is on the install media in /disks/rescue.bin (IIRC)

You can just dd it to a floppy disk. You could also use the CD itself as
a rescue floppy?

If you want a general purpose boot floppy, try TomsRTBT. It can't handle
reiser file systems, but other than that it is pretty spiffy.
http://www.toms.net/rb


-- 

Craig Andrews

Web Developer
Insight UK Ltd
candrews@uk.insight.com

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