Testing your emergency boot floppy disk set

After you create your emergency boot floppy disk set, verify that you can boot from it and read from backups:

1. Log in as root.

2. Shut down the system by entering /etc/shutdown.
   

3. At the prompt to reboot, insert your boot floppy disk in the floppy disk drive and press <Enter>.
   

4. At the Boot: prompt, press <Enter> to boot from the floppy disk.

5. When prompted, insert the root floppy disk and press <Enter>.

6. When you see the system prompt, verify that you can access your floppy disk or tape drive; follow the steps in ``Reading backups''.