 | | | mkbootdisk can 't make bootable floppy disk | mkbootdisk can 't make bootable floppy disk 2003-06-24 - By j_li@(protected)
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Hi List,
I can't use mkbootdisk to make a bootable floppy disk for my linux server. I
would 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 2.4.7-10smp
<ok>
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
# ls /mnt/floppy
boot.msg initrd.img ldlinux.sys syslinux.cfg vmlinuz
When I boot from the floppy disk, It prompt as below:
--
Press <return> (or wait 10 seconds) to boot your Red Hat Linux system from
/dev/cciss/c0d0p3. You may override the default linux kernel parameters by
typing
"linux <params>", followed by <return> if you like.
--
After press <return>, The prompt is like below:
-- ---- --
Boot failed, Pls. change disk and press <return> key
-- ---- --
Here is the content of file syslinux.cfg on the boot disk:
-- ------
default linux
prompt 1
display boot.msg
timeout 100
label linux
kernel vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3
-- ------
I think this server has two big differences with the ordinary PC: RAID disks
and Network adapter.
But I don't know why I failed to create a bootable disk. Can anyone here give
me a hand ?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
John Li
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