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makeboot -- Command Create a bootable floppy disk makeboot The script makeboot automatically builds a bootable floppy disk. To use it, insert a scratch floppy disk into your system's drive 0 (drive A:), log in as the superuser root, and then type makeboot. makeboot automatically formats the floppy disk, builds a file system on it, and copies onto the disk all files it needs to boot COHERENT. To abort makeboot at any time, press <ctrl-C>. Because makeboot is a script you can -- and should -- edit it to suit your preferences. For example, by default makeboot copies both the editors vi and me onto the floppy disk; you may wish to save space by copying just one or the other. See Also commands, floppy disk Notes makeboot reads file /bin/mount to discover whether floppy-disk drive 0 is 3.5 inches or 5.25 inches. This file was initialized when you last installed or updated COHERENT. If you have changed your A drive since then, makeboot may think it is working with one size of floppy disk when in fact it is working with another. To correct this error, abort makeboot, then edit /etc/mount so that it reflects your system's true configuration of disk drives.