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01-28-2003, 02:46 AM
Hi,
Can any one knows how can i make bootable floppy to start my installaion. I want to try YOS as it seems to look nice .

01-28-2003, 08:28 AM
I'm not familiar with YOS, but most linux distros I've used include a dos utility called rawrite.exe which is used to create a bootable floppy from various image files included on the install CD. However, unless you have a pretty old system, you should be able to change your BIOS settings to allow for booting directly from the CD.

TRN
01-28-2003, 09:33 AM
Hi,
Can any one knows how can i make bootable floppy to start my installaion. I want to try YOS as it seems to look nice .

Maybe you could supply us with some more information. YOS can be installed off the CD. Simply start the machine, insert the CD, and have it boot from it. You'll need to make sure the bios is set properly.

Absent this (in general):

To make a boot floppy, login as root and copy the kernel
dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0

OR

mkbootdisk --verbose `uname -r`

BUT ... with that said .. I haven't taken the time to look at the specifics of YOS.