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diff --git a/examples/bootfloppy/bootfloppy.txt b/examples/bootfloppy/bootfloppy.txt index 090ef04..16f2c13 100644 --- a/examples/bootfloppy/bootfloppy.txt +++ b/examples/bootfloppy/bootfloppy.txt @@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ Making a Root File System The following steps will create a root file system. - Create an empty file that you can format as a filesystem: - + dd if=/dev/zero of=rootfs bs=1k count=4000 - Set up the rootfs file we just created to be used as a loop device (may not - be necessary) + be necessary) - losetup /dev/loop0 rootfs + losetup /dev/loop0 rootfs - Format the rootfs file with a filesystem: @@ -101,15 +101,15 @@ The following steps will create the boot floppy. Note: You will need to have the mtools package installed beforehand. - Insert a floppy in the drive and format it with an MSDOS filesystem: - + mformat a: (if the system doesn't know what device 'a:' is, look at /etc/mtools.conf) - Run syslinux on the floppy: - + syslinux -s /dev/fd0 - + (the -s stands for "safe, slow, and stupid" and should work better with buggy BIOSes; it can be omitted) |