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MKBOOTDISK(8)							 MKBOOTDISK(8)

NAME
       mkbootdisk - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running system

SYNOPSIS
       mkbootdisk [--version] [--noprompt] [--verbose]
		  [--device devicefile] [--size size]
		  [--kernelargs <args>] [--iso] kernel

DESCRIPTION
       mkbootdisk  creates  a  boot floppy appropriate for the running system.
       The boot disk is	 entirely  self-contained,  and	 includes  an  initial
       ramdisk	image  which  loads any necessary SCSI modules for the system.
       The created boot disk looks for the root filesystem on the device  sug‐
       gested by /etc/fstab.  The only required argument is the kernel version
       to put onto the boot floppy.

OPTIONS
       --device devicefile
	      The boot image is created on  devicefile.	 If  --device  is  not
	      specified, /dev/fd0 is used. If devicefile does not exist mkini‐
	      trd creates a 1.44Mb floppy image using devicefile as the	 file‐
	      name.

       --noprompt
	      Normally,	 mkbootdisk  instructs the user to insert a floppy and
	      waits for confirmation before continuing. If --noprompt is spec‐
	      ified, no prompt is displayed.

       --verbose
	      Instructs mkbootdisk to talk about what it's doing as it's doing
	      it. Normally, there is no output from mkbootdisk.

       --iso  Instructs mkbootdisk to make a bootable ISO image as devicefile.

       --version
	      Displays the version of mkbootdisk and exits.

       --kernelargs args
	      Adds args to the arguments appended on the kernel command	 line.
	      If  this	is  not	 specified mkbootdisk uses grubby to parse the
	      arguments for the default kernel from grub.conf, if possible.

       --size size
	      Uses size (in kilobytes) as the size of the image to use for the
	      boot  disk.   If this is not specified, mkbootdisk will assume a
	      standard 1.44Mb floppy device.

SEE ALSO
       grubby(8) mkinitrd(1)

AUTHOR
       Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

4th Berkeley Distribution	Tue Mar 31 1998			 MKBOOTDISK(8)

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