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1 perry 1 MKRESCUE
2 !!!MKRESCUE
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 SEE ALSO
8 AUTHOR
9 ----
10 !!NAME
11
12
13 mkrescue - make rescue floppy
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
16
17 __/usr/sbin/mkrescue__ - make a bootable rescue floppy
18 using the existing kernel and any initial
19 ramdisk.
20 !!DESCRIPTION
21
22
23 __mkrescue__ assumes that the present running system was
24 successfully booted using the __lilo__ boot loader, and
25 that the specification for the kernel and any initial
26 ramdisk are in __/etc/lilo.conf__. This command will make
27 a bootable 1.44M rescue floppy which uses the current
28 kernel, any initial ramdisk, and the
29 __
30 !!OPTIONS
31
32
33 __--device __
34
35
36 Make the floppy on a device other than /dev/fd0. The floppy
37 disk will always be made to boot on BIOS device code 0x00
38 (A: drive), without regard to the drive on which it is
39 created.
40
41
42 __--fast__
43
44
45 Use a faster method of creating the boot floppy. This
46 involves first creating a 1.44M file mounted using a
47 loopback device, then copying the file to the disk.
48 Currently, loopback device 'loop4' must be free for this
49 option to be used.
50
51
52 __--fs [[ ext2 | msdos | minix ]__
53
54
55 Specify the type of filesystem to create on the drive.
56 __ext2__ is the default, but
57 __
58
59
60 __--help__
61
62
63 Print a short usage synopsis, including a list of command
64 options.
65
66
67 __--initrd __ ''and'' __--kernel
68 __
69
70
71 These options, which must be used together, allow
72 specification of an arbitrary kernel file and initial
73 ramdisk file to be used on the created boot floppy. Be sure
74 you know what you are doing before you use these
75 options.
76
77
78 __--nocompact__
79
80
81 For faster kernel loading from a floppy, LILO map compaction
82 is normally enabled. This option will disable map compaction
83 by omitting the lilo
84
85
86 __--noformat__
87
88
89 Suppresses creation of a new filesystem on the boot floppy.
90 This option may be used __only__ when you know that the
91 floppy you will be writing upon is formatted with the same
92 filesystem as specified by
93 __
94
95
96 __--root __
97
98
99 Specify the root filesystem for the kernel on the boot
100 floppy. The currently mounted root is the default, if this
101 option is not specified.
102
103
104 __--version__
105
106
107 Print the version number of 'mkrescue', then
108 terminate.
109 !!SEE ALSO
110
111
112 lilo(8), lilo.conf(5), mkfs(8), dd(1), mount(8),
113 mkinitrd(8).
114 !!AUTHOR
115
116
117 John Coffman
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