Problem on creating backup diskette

satimis

Hi folks,

LFS 6.1
FC3 Host

Now held on Section 8.4. Making the LFS System Bootable
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ ... chapter08/grub.html

creating a GRUB boot floppy diskette as a backup

Having a blank vfat floppy on its drive
root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# dd if=/boot/grub/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1

1. 
   
2. 1+0 records in
   
3. 1+0 records out

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root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1

1. 
   
2. 198+1 records in
   
3. 198+1 records out

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In fact it did not copy the necessary files on the floppy

root:/sources# cat /etc/fstab

1. # Begin /etc/fstab
   
2. 
   
3. # file system  mount-point  type   options              dump  fsck
   
4. #                                                             order
   
5. 
   
6. /dev/hda6      /            ext3   defaults             1     1
   
7. /dev/hda3      swap         swap   pri=1                0     0
   
8. proc           /proc        proc   defaults             0     0
   
9. sysfs          /sys         sysfs  defaults             0     0
   
10. devpts         /dev/pts     devpts gid=4,mode=620       0     0
    
11. shm            /dev/shm     tmpfs  defaults             0     0
    
12. /dev/fd0       /mnt/floppy  auto   noauto,owner,kudzu   0     0

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root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# ls /mnt/
floppy

I tried to mount the floppy without success
root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/

1. 
   
2. mount: /dev/fd0 is not a block device (maybe try `-o loop'?)

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Whether I have to format the floppy first with fs=ext3, the file system of LFS
# fdformat /dev/fd0
# mkfs.ext3 /dev/fd0

Please help.  TIA

Remark: the floppy and its drive were in good condition.  I have them tested on the FC3 Host.  Files can be copied to the floppy, retrieved thereafter and deleted.

B.R.
satimis

satimis

Hi folks,

Further to my late posting, performed following steps

Started anther Konsole;
# fdformat /dev/fd0
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/fd0

floppy formatted with file system = ext3 created


Then ran
root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# dd if=/boot/grub/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1

1. 
   
2. 1+0 records in
   
3. 1+0 records out

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root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# dd if=/boot/grub/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1

1. 
   
2. 198+1 records in
   
3. 198+1 records out

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root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/

1. 
   
2. mount: you must specify the filesystem type

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root:/sources/linux-2.6.11.12# mount -t ext3 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/

1. 
   
2. mount: /dev/fd0 is not a block device (maybe try `-o loop'?)

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I was not allowed to mount the floppy here.  Why?


On another Konsole
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
[root@localhost ~]# ls -al /mnt/floppy/

1. 
   
2. total 21
   
3. drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  1024 Aug  4 17:49 .
   
4. drwxr-xr-x  7 root root  4096 Jun 27 14:19 ..
   
5. drwx------  2 root root 12288 Aug  4 17:49 lost+found

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It seems the backup diskette has been created ???  Am I right ?

How to test the backup floppy?

B.R.
satimis