Boot floppy for FC5

[Paul Howarth]

Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
>> # yum install mkbootdisk
>> # man mkbootdisk
>> (check the --iso option)
> 
> Bingo! I've tested on a different machine and works perfect.
> 
> The only problem remaining is, that to be able to get correctly composed
> CD, mkbootdisk should be ran on restarted machine, with all the
> required modules loaded and a valid /etc/fstab file. But to restart the
> box (even to finish the installation process) I need the boot able CD,
> and the circle keeps going round :-(
> 
> Any suggestions on that ?

After completing the install, boot the install CD/DVD using "linux 
rescue", which should find your install and give you a shell.

Do:

# chroot /mnt/sysimage

Make sure the fstab and modules.conf is correct, then run mkbootdisk.

Paul.