On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 08:33:32PM -0400, Mike M wrote: > On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:21:37AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 08:46, Mike M wrote: > > > I have a laptop that I am trying to dual boot. > > > > should be easy :) > > > > Step 1: create a GRUB boot disk. > > Step 2: learn to boot from your grub boot disk. > > Step 3: boot from your grub boot disk. > > > > It will save your life (well, at least your sanity). It can be used to > > boot any kernel installed anywhere on your hard disk, and also to > > chainload an alternate partition. > > > > Did I mention GRUB will save your life? > > Well. Since you put it that way, I'm going to give it a try.
It worked! > > > <snip>> > > install grub on a floppy (perhaps it can be installed onto a bootable CD > > if you don't have a floppy drive, if so, that will be just as useful). > > CD, no floppy A bit of a pain to make a bootable grub CD. Here's an outline: 1. get legacy grub from gnu.org using cvs $ export CVS_RSH="ssh" $ cvs -z3 -d:ext:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/grub co grub 2. configure and make $ cd grub $ ./configure /* lot's of options; see --help; I used no options */ $ make $ ls 3. create boot floppy Note: luckily I have a desktop Linux box with /dev/fd0 $ su - # cd /home/user/grub/stage1 insert floppy # fdformat /dev/fd0 /* important; I seem to have lots of bad media */ # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 # cd ../stage2 # dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 4. create file image of floppy # dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot.img bs=10k count=144 5. create bootable ISO form floppy image # mkisofs -r -b grubboot.img -c boot.cat -o grubboot.iso ./ 6. create CD using grubboot.iso This information was compiled from the following sources: ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue64/kohli.html http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140074&highlight=grub > > > > Booting off a floppy or CD, with grub, is an excellent experience that > > knowing it will save you digital life one day (and by the sound of it, > > that day might be today :). Another layer of magic peeled back. More _power_. I was able to boot OSs in both the ntfs and ext2 partitions. The Woody install continued on its merry way. -- Mike Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
