On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 08:17:28AM -0500, Debian User wrote: > years ago, when trying to fix a hdd problem, i came across floppy > images that had all things necessary to run from a floppy. my hope > is i can move the linux drive to /ved/hda, boot/run w/ one of these > images, change lilo.conf to reflect /dev/hda (right now, that disk > reflects /dev/hdc ... kinda useless), run lilo, and reboot. after > this, i will recreate a boot disk and hopefully not mess up the root > filesyetem information.
This is how Jan does it: Boot off one of one of the Debian install CDs, go for a shell, mount the Linux partition, do ``chroot <Linux partition mountpoint>''. Voila, you have your system as if booted single-user. The diskette you ask for is on these CDs, or: Bootdisk: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/rescue.bin Rootdisk--you'll be asked to insert this during the boot process: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/root.bin To get it on the diskette under the crippled OS you've mentioned: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/rawrite1.zip Which to unzip: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/tools/unz512x3.exe -- Jan Minar Chvostny Snovy krok. \/\ Whoopy Boo Year.
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