Patch for mkbootdisk and large floppy support

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

This patch alters the behaviuor of the --device option of mkbootdisk.
If this option is set it will fdformat the floppy using the given device 
and run syslinux with the -s option.

I tested this with /dev/fd0u1680 and it boots on 3 kinds of dell optiplex 
machines and my Dell inspiron notebook.
YMMV using larger devices like /dev/fd0u1722 and the like. And make sure 
you use decent floppy's because they are not made for this. At least it 
proves the truth in my .sig

--- /sbin/mkbootdisk    Thu Feb  8 23:48:15 2001
+++ mkbootdisk  Wed May  9 11:34:16 2001
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 unset kernel
 device=/dev/fd0
 unset verbose
+unset fdformat
 unset witheth
 unset mkinitrdargs
 unset compact
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
        --device)
            shift
            device=$1
+           fdformat=true
            ;;
        --mkinitrdargs)
            shift
@@ -141,12 +143,14 @@
 }

 [ -n "$verbose" ] && echo -n "Formatting $device... "
+[ -n "$fdformat" ] && fdformat $device
 mkdosfs -I $device > /dev/null || {
     echo "Failed to format $device" >&2
     exit 1
 }

-syslinux $device
+[ -n "$fdformat" ] && syslinux -s $device
+[ -z "$fdformat" ] && syslinux $device
 [ -n "$verbose" ] && echo "done."

 rm -rf $MOUNTDIR

Good luck with using it. I know I will.

Cheers
--
Seth
Every program has two purposes one for which
it was written and another for which it wasn't
I use the last kind.