MKBOOTDISK(8)							MKBOOTDISK(8)



NAME
       mkbootdisk - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system

SYNOPSIS
       mkbootdisk [--version] [--noprompt] [--verbose]
		  [--device devicefile] [--size size]
		  [--kernelargs ] [--iso] kernel


DESCRIPTION
       mkbootdisk  creates  a boot floppy appropriate for the running system.
       The boot disk is entirely  self-contained,  and	includes  an  initial
       ramdisk	image  which loads any necessary SCSI modules for the system.
       The created boot disk looks for the root filesystem on the device sug-
       gested  by  /etc/fstab.	The only required argument is the kernel ver-
       sion to put onto the boot floppy.


OPTIONS
       --device devicefile
	      The boot image is created on devicefile.	If  --device  is  not
	      specified,  /dev/fd0  is	used.  If  devicefile  does not exist
	      mkinitrd creates a 1.44Mb floppy image using devicefile as  the
	      filename.


       --noprompt
	      Normally,	 mkbootdisk instructs the user to insert a floppy and
	      waits for confirmation  before  continuing.  If  --noprompt  is
	      specified, no prompt is displayed.


       --verbose
	      Instructs	 mkbootdisk  to	 talk  about  what it's doing as it's
	      doing it. Normally, there is no output from mkbootdisk.


       --iso  Instructs mkbootdisk to make a bootable ISO  image  as  device-
	      file.


       --version
	      Displays the version of mkbootdisk and exits.


       --kernelargs args
	      Adds args to the arguments appended on the kernel command line.
	      If this is not specified mkbootdisk uses grubby  to  parse  the
	      arguments for the default kernel from grub.conf, if possible.


       --size size
	      Uses ize (in kilobytes) as the size of the image to use for the
	      boot disk.  If this is not specified, mkbootdisk will assume  a
	      standard 1.44Mb floppy device.


SEE ALSO
       grubby(8) mkinitrd(1)


AUTHOR
       Erik Troan 



4th Berkeley Distribution      Tue Mar 31 1998			MKBOOTDISK(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. floppy
2. which
3. mkinitrd
4. as
5. talk
6. make
7. grubby
8. size