[techtalk] running a program from floppy/rescue disk

ktb x.y.f at home.com
Sun Oct 15 12:05:31 EST 2000


I've copied this program "memtest" onto a floppy.  I would like to be
able to use this program with any computer.  My idea was to boot off the
redhat installation disk selecting "rescue" then mount and run memtest
from the floppy.  After I booted into the cd I changed to the /usr/bin
directory and ran -
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt;cd /mnt;./memtest all 

The error I received was -
sh: ./memtest: No such file or directory

Although there is a /tmp directory on the cdrom it occurred to me that
it is not read/writable so I probably can't mount this way.

I then tried to copy "memtest" to a boot floppy but the floppy doesn't
have enough room.

Anybody know how I can get this done?  I suppose at some point I will
try and create a boot floppy containing the program as set out in the
Boot Floppy HOWTO but at this point that is a daunting task to me.  Any
help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
kent

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