Re: copying lilo

[Anoop <anoop csl uta edu>]

On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Kevin D. Colby wrote:

> >Hi there, can I just copy lilo. My MBR got screwed, which I had on the 
> >floppy. Now I need the MBR again on the floppy how to go about doing 
> >this. Can I copy lilo from /sbin on to the floppy. Any guidence is 
> >appreciated.
> 
> If you can get into Linux, try '/sbin/lilo -r /dev/fd0' or something
> like that--check the man page on lilo.  That should write a MBR to
> the floppy.  If your problem is more severe, you'll need a completely
> new boot disk, which is more complex--let me know, I've gotten pretty
> adept at boot/root disk stuff. (not by choice, mind you ;)
> 
> I'd also advise that is you are reliant on a floppy to boot Linux,
> (something I strongly discourage) keep a backup copy.
> 
>         - Kevin Colby
>           kevin marcal com

My problem I am unable to mount the blank floppy, on to one of my 
machines. When I mount, I get the following message :

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
       or too many mounted file systems

What does this mean. Could you please let me know what to do.

thanks,
Anoop