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Discussion Forum : Linux - Section 1 (Q.No. 10)
10.
Which of the following command is used to create a Linux installation boot floppy?
mkboot disk
bootfp disk
ww and rawwrite
dd and rawrite
None of the above
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Surmeet said:   1 decade ago
In Linux.. it is done by mkboot command.

mkboot makes a bootdisk. By default the bootdisk will use the kernel /boot/
vmlinuz and the current root partition.

i.e. Use the -d option to specify a different device for the floppy drive.
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Sayed Ahmad said:   1 decade ago
1. What hardware architectures are not supported by Redhat and why?

2. This file is not copy and also we use Double indirect blocks and Triple Indirect Blocks use following instruction and define the size of this file.

* Maximum block size=2kb.
* Assuming each level of indirection can access 64 blocks.
* Direct pointers=20blocks.

Sayed Ahmad said:   1 decade ago
Write the command to create a linux installation boot floppy or disk?

Issa said:   1 decade ago
Creating an installation disk from Linux/UNIX

# dd if=/images/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k

Creating an installation from DOS or Windows

e:
cd dosutils
rawrite.exe

Piu said:   1 decade ago
What is meant by Linux installation hoot floppy.

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