RE: Custom Bootdisk

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

well, unless mkbootdisk has changed, it should be..

mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.0.36

take a look in /boot and see what your vmlinuz (or such) look like. It
might have a -xx after 2.0.36 or something silly, where xx is a version
release number (or something).

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Joe Bonansinga wrote:

> That brings up another question. The reason we are running 5.2 is because it
> works right now. We run fairly complex molecular biology software on this
> machine, which was installed by a third party vendor. I am busy I would like
> to do a upgrade, but have never done a upgrade on a mission critical system.
> Simply put, I'm a bit scared. I guess I need to dig down and get ready to go
> for it. 5.2 has a version of mkbootdisk. I have tried using it and when I
> gave the mkbootdisk --version /dev/fd0 2.0.36, I get the
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36 does not exist. When I do a uname the kernel comes up
> as 2.0.36. Any thoughts?
> 
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kara Pritchard [mailto:kara@luci.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 9:29 AM
> To: 'luci-discuss@luci.org'
> Subject: RE: Custom Bootdisk
> 
> 
> 
> 5.2? Eeek! Make sure you get a 6.2 disk at the next meeting!
> 
> In the mean time, I know current versions of redhat use mkbootdisk. See if
> 5.2 has such a utility. If not, download the mkbootdisk rpm.
> 
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Joe Bonansinga wrote:
> 
> > I am running redhat 5.2
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Blunier [mailto:blunier@ocslink.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 9:07 PM
> > To: luci-discuss@luci.org
> > Subject: Re: Custom Bootdisk
> > 
> > 
> > Previously Joe Bonansinga (bonansinga@admworld.com):
> > 
> > > I understand that a bootdisk can be made at the time of install. How can
> I
> > > make a custom bootdisk( and I guess root disk) for my system that has
> > vastly
> > > different kernel parameters than when it was first installed. This is
> > going
> > > to be for emergency purposes. Should I just read the Bootdisk how-to?
> > 
> > Which distribution are you running?  On Debian you can use mkboot, or
> > better yet, after you compile your optimized kernel and install that
> > package, it will make one for you.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > > 
> > > Joe Bonansinga
> > > Bioinformatics Programmer
> > > ADM Research/JRRRC
> > > email: bonansinga@admworld.com
> > > Phone: 217/424-4833
> > > Fax: 217/424-4230
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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