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/lfs/...er08/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+0 records in
1+0 records out

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

198+1 records in
198+1 records out

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

root:/sources# cat /etc/fstab

# Begin /etc/fstab

# file system  mount-point  type   options              dump  fsck
#                                                             order

/dev/hda6      /            ext3   defaults             1     1
/dev/hda3      swap         swap   pri=1                0     0
proc           /proc        proc   defaults             0     0
sysfs          /sys         sysfs  defaults             0     0
devpts         /dev/pts     devpts gid=4,mode=620       0     0
shm            /dev/shm     tmpfs  defaults             0     0
/dev/fd0       /mnt/floppy  auto   noauto,owner,kudzu   0     0

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/

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

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+0 records in
1+0 records out

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

198+1 records in
198+1 records out

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

mount: you must specify the filesystem type

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

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

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/

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

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

How to test the backup floppy?

B.R.
satimis