Make a boot CD for FC4?

[neil]

Jim Cornette wrote:

> Neil Aggarwal wrote:
>
>> Claude:
>>
>> I want a boot CD that will start up the OS, not a rescue CD
>> that will allow me to load a shell.  Will that ISO give that
>> to me?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>     Neil
>>
>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
>>> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Claude Jones
>>> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 12:21 AM
>>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>>> Subject: Re: Make a boot CD for FC4?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri October 7 2005 1:16 am, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Hello:
>>>>
>>>> I used to be able to make a boot disk in RedHat Linux.
>>>> Is there a way to make a similar thing on CD for Fedora Core 4?
>>>>
>>>> I just installed a new machine, but it is not booting the OS
>>>> and it does not have a floppy drive.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Go here:
>>> ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso/
>>> for example, and download the rescue cd...
>>>
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>>> Claude Jones
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> mkbootdisk can be passed options which can make ISO images that can be 
> burned to CD and used to boot yor computer. The subject came up along 
> time back and several tried it sccessfully, including myself. Since 
> the subject is old, reading mkbootdisk info or man pages or searching 
> the archives when Fedora first started using the 2.6 series kernels.
>
> --iso  Instructs mkbootdisk to make a bootable ISO image as devicefile.
>
> Jim
>
try this :
    mkbootdisk --verbose --iso --device /root/<kernel_version>.iso 
<kernel_version>

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