I have copied the DVD contents onto a drive on one computer and I wish to make a fresh install on a separate computer with no DVD drive. The DVD contents are shared over nfs. How can I create a floppy boot disk so I can connect to the 10.0 nfs share and perform the install?
Check out this script:
inst-source/boot/i386/mkbootdisk
That's what I use for creating a bootable USB-stick - I think it might do floppies too.
Thanks for the reply. I get an error when trying to create a floppy. dsp:/SU1000_001/boot # ./mkbootdisk --32 --out foo /media/floppy cp: cannot stat `/media/floppy/*': No such file or directory error: failed to copy boot loader files ~~~ dsp:/SU1000_001/boot # ./mkbootdisk Usage: mkbootdisk [options] cd_mount_point Create boot disk images from SUSE Linux DVD or CD1 or make (USB) disk bootable. Options: --out file write disks as fileN (default: bootdisk) --32 create boot disks for 32 bit arch --64 create boot disks for 64 bit arch --96 create boot disks for both 32 & 64 bit (bi-arch) --partition device make this disk with this partition bootable --backup-mbr file save mbr to file Examples: mkbootdisk /media/cdrom - write boot disks as bootdisk1 ... bootdiskN (N is approx. 7) mkbootdisk --64 --out foo /media/cdrom - write 64 bit boot disks as foo1 ... fooN mkbootdisk --96 --partition /dev/sdb1 --backup-mbr mbr_old /media/cdrom - copy install files to /dev/sdb1 and write new mbr to /dev/sdb ~~~ What am I missing? I tried mounting & unmounting the floppy, but I still get the same error message. Thanks again, James