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.\" This manpage is copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Progeny Linux Systems, Inc.
.\" Author: Branden Robinson <branden@progeny.com>
.\"
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.\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
.\" 02111-1307 USA
.TH make-autoinst-disk 1 "2001-07-09" "Debian GNU/Linux"
.SH NAME
make-autoinst-disk \- create bootable autoinstaller floppy disk
.SH SYNOPSIS
make-autoinst-disk
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B 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
.BR update-autoinst-disk (1).
Before this command can be run, the
.BR make-autoinst-initrd (1)
command must be run to create the necessary kernel and initrd information.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
TMPDIR
Temporary directory under which a directory is created to be used for
construction of the ext2 filesystem. If omitted, \fI/tmp\fP is used.
.SH FILES
.TP
.IR linux
A kernel image corresponding to the \fIkernel_package\fP
supplied to the
.B make-autoinst-initrd (1)
command is expected to be present.
.TP
.IR initrd.gz
An initial ramdisk, typically created by
.BR make-autoinst-initrd (1),
is expected to be present in the current directory.
.TP
.IR conf/
A configuration directory for the autoinstaller is expected to be present
in the current directory.
.SH AUTHOR
Jeff Licquia et al. for Progeny Linux Systems.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR make-autoinst-initrd (1),
.BR update-autoinst-disk (1)
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