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| Name: mkbootdisk | Distribution: Red Hat Linux |
| Version: 1.4.2 | Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. |
| Release: 3 | Build date: Wed Aug 15 22:33:55 2001 |
| Group: System Environment/Base | Build host: stripples.devel.redhat.com |
| Size: 5330 | Source RPM: mkbootdisk-1.4.2-3.src.rpm |
| Packager: Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> | |
| Summary: Creates an initial ramdisk image for preloading modules. | |
The mkbootdisk program creates a standalone boot floppy disk for booting the running system. The created boot disk will look for the root filesystem on the device mentioned in /etc/fstab and includes an initial ramdisk image that will load any necessary SCSI modules for the system.
GPL
* Thu Aug 16 2001 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- changed Summary:, it's no longer a bad copy and paste job from the
mkinitrd spec file (MF #50193)
* Mon Jun 25 2001 Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
- Bump release + rebuild.
* Thu Feb 08 2001 Michael Fulbright <msf@redhat.com>
- return error code when we cant format the floppy. Helps anaconda out.
* Tue Jan 23 2001 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
- switched to use syslinux rather then lilo
- requires dosfstools
- put version in only one place, mkbootdisk
* Fri Jul 07 2000 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
- wasn't including ethernet devices properly
* Fri Jun 02 2000 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
- conf.modules -> modules.conf, fhs stuff
* Tue May 02 2000 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
- patched to work with disk labels
* Thu Feb 03 2000 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- gzip manpage
* Mon Jan 10 2000 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
- removed rescue stuff
* Mon Nov 08 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- removed 'prompt' from silo.conf
* Tue Oct 26 1999 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
- fix sparc ramdisk making for new modutils and kernel
file layout.
* Sun Sep 26 1999 Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>
- ignore commented lines in fstab, generally more robust
fstab parsing
* Sun Aug 22 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
- ditto
* Fri Aug 13 1999 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
- add fix
* Wed May 26 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- added -P to the cp lines for devices to pick up parent directories
for ida/ and rd/
* Thu Apr 08 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- pass load_ramdisk=2 as alan had to port his ramdisk hack from 2.0.x
* Tue Apr 06 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- pass load_ramdisk=1 for rescue image, as 2.2 kernels get this right
* Thu Mar 18 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- fixed misspelling in man page
* Thu Feb 25 1999 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com>
- updated the description
* Thu Nov 05 1998 Jeff Johnson <jbj@redhat.com>
- import from ultrapenguin 1.1.
* Fri Oct 30 1998 Jakub Jelinek <jj@ultra.linux.cz>
- support for SPARC
* Sun Aug 30 1998 Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
- wasn't including nfs, isofs, or fat modules properly
- mkinitrd args weren't passed right due to a typo
/sbin/mkbootdisk /usr/share/man/man8/mkbootdisk.8.gz
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