make-autoinst-disk(1)

make-autoinst-disk1

Create bootable autoinstaller floppy disk

Usage

make-autoinst-disk

Overview

make-autoinst-disk creates a bootable floppy disk for the operating system autoinstaller. It formats a floppy disk, copies a kernel image to it, and then invokes update-autoinst-disk(1). Before this command can be run, the make-autoinst-initrd(1) command must be run to create the necessary kernel and initrd information.

Environment

TMPDIR

Temporary directory under which a directory is created to be used for construction of the ext2 filesystem. If omitted, /tmp is used.

Files

linux

A kernel image corresponding to the kernel_package supplied to the make-autoinst-initrd (1) command is expected to be present.

initrd.gz

An initial ramdisk, typically created by make-autoinst-initrd(1), is expected to be present in the current directory.

conf/

A configuration directory for the autoinstaller is expected to be present in the current directory.

Author

Jeff Licquia et al. for Progeny Linux Systems.

From autoinstall 1.0 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.