Use the installation cd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to make bootable cd-rom instead of floppy? > > > > Bo Peng wrote: > > > Hello, Everyone, > > > > I have linux and xp dual boot using grub. I need to reinstall xp for > > some reason but it seems to be difficult without a floppy drive. > > > > More specifically, the usual way (as far as I know) to do this is: > > 1. make a floppy boot disk using > > > mkbootdisk > > 2. re-install windows xp. > > 3. boot to linux with the floppy disk. > > 4. re-install grub. > > > > However, my machine does not have a floppy drive. (This seems to be > more > > and more common for new machines.) Can I use other boot devices to > do > > this? Available options are CD-RW and USB external harddrive. > > Someone will have to verify this as fact, but I'm sure you can just > boot > the RH9 CD in rescue mode and re-install grub? > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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