how to make recovery CD (or diskette?)

[abc_18]

I just installed Fedora Core 4 (kernel 2.6).
What's the procedure for making a recovery CD
(or diskette)? Ie, something I can boot and
access my file systems, in case I screw up when
I do my kernel recompile.

Thanks in advance.

[Alexander Chuzhoy · Accepted solution]

insert floppy and run
mkbootdisk `uname -r`


you can also use the first installation cd.
Boot from it and type linux rescue as argument.

[Huc_1]

Or use a knoppix cd (or one of the many rescue cd's) have allok at the following.
http://distrowatch.com/

Jean-Pierre.

[abc_18]

Thanks - good answers!
The install disk and Knoppix disk work fine.

However the diskette didn't work - mkboot floppy doesn't think my 1.44 meg diskette is big enough.

Is mkbootfloppy really still a viable option for diskettes? Or is it expecting a USB memory stick (or something with > 1.44 meg)?

Thanks.

[Arunvijai_4]

You can download rescue CD for FC4,
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/iso/FC4-i386-rescuecd.iso

-Arun