https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096367#M7325 I need to create a boot disk. Do I do this from the command line? I dont see a menu option. Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:28:39 GMT Nobody's Hero 2003-10-17T13:28:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096367#M7325 I need to create a boot disk. Do I do this from the command line? I dont see a menu option. Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:28:39 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096367#M7325 Nobody's Hero 2003-10-17T13:28:39Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096368#M7326 put floppy disk in<BR />run this command "mkbootdisk"<BR />by default it writes to /dev/fd0<BR />test out the boot disk. Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:32:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096368#M7326 K.C. Chan 2003-10-17T13:32:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096369#M7327 Since you do not mention which distro you are interested in...<BR /><BR />Using SuSE you can create a boot disk using yast in the system menu Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:46:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096369#M7327 Martin P.J. Zinser 2003-10-17T13:46:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096370#M7328 You also don't mention whether you want the bootdisk to boot a single machine, or any machine.<BR /> <BR />The process is different depending on the answer.<BR /> <BR />The 'mkbootdisk' command that was given is good for booting the machine it was created on, or of a machine where you know where the root HDD partitions are.<BR /> <BR />If you are wanting to boot another machine though, you'll need to find a different tool Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:38:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/create-boot-diskette/m-p/3096370#M7328 Stuart Browne 2003-10-19T19:38:38Z