From: Edmund Wong (wonge@fraser.sfu.ca)
Date: 12/28/92


From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
Subject: Re: Bootable floppy
Date: 28 Dec 1992 22:12:26 GMT

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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