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Name: mkbootdisk | Distribution: Best Linux 2000 |
Version: 1.2.2 | Vendor: SOT http://www.sot.com |
Release: 1 | Build date: Mon Apr 3 21:22:20 2000 |
Category: System Environment/Base | Build host: y2k.bestlinux.net |
Size: 6730 | Source RPM: mkbootdisk-1.2.2-1.src.rpm |
Packager: Best Linux Team <linux@bestlinux.net> | |
Summary: Creates an initial ramdisk image for preloading modules. |
The mkbootdisk program creates a standalone boot floppy disk for booting the running system. The created boot disk will look for the root filesystem on the device mentioned in /etc/fstab and includes an initial ramdisk image which will load any necessary SCSI modules for the system.
GPL
* Sat Sep 25 1999 Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com> - ignore commented lines in fstab, generally more robust fstab parsing * Sat Aug 21 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - ditto * Thu Aug 12 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - add fix * Tue May 25 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> - added -P to the cp lines for devices to pick up parent directories for ida/ and rd/ * Wed Apr 07 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> - pass load_ramdisk=2 as alan had to port his ramdisk hack from 2.0.x * Mon Apr 05 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> - pass load_ramdisk=1 for rescue image, as 2.2 kernels get this right * Thu Mar 18 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> - fixed misspelling in man page * Thu Feb 25 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> - updated the description * Thu Nov 05 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com> - import from ultrapenguin 1.1. * Fri Oct 30 1998 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz> - support for SPARC * Sat Aug 29 1998 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com> - wasn't including nfs, isofs, or fat modules properly - mkinitrd args weren't passed right due to a typo
/sbin/mkbootdisk /usr/man/man8/mkbootdisk.8
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