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- From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
- Subject: Re: Bootable floppy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.221226.20436@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <Bzy0JI.17A@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:12:26 GMT
- Lines: 26
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- In article <Bzy0JI.17A@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
- >Hi,
- >
- > Anyone out there know how to make a bootable Linux floppy? I made one
- >according to the instructions that come with the GCC rootdisk, modifying
- >them as required for LILO 0.7. It crashes as follows:
- >
- > LILO Loading Image...
- > ...etc...
- > Insert root floppy and press ENTER
- > Linux version 0.99.pl1-47 (root@woody) 12/26/92 11:46:59
- > init: exec rc failed <--- Dies here!
- >
- >Any ideas???
-
- Well, I could be wrong, but I've had TONS of that kinda "init : exec rc
- failed"... It's your 'inittab' file setup.
-
- Definitely... from my perspective...
-
- btw, how did you get it to do "(root@woody)"????
-
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- InterNet: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca | "Fail not; Learn Not.
- | It is with failing, that one learns,
- | So by Learning, one must fail." - Edmund Wong
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