At Tuesday, 30 December 2003, Jan Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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: > downloading now ... thanks. >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. > >Attached file >Save attachment >View attachment as text > Name: attachment.2 > Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
