Steve Borho wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 02:39:08PM -0400, Jerry Human wrote:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I have just received my new 10.2 gig hard drive and I want to use it for
> > RH 6.2 exclusively. It will become hdc when installed. However, RH 6.2
> > needs a boot partition below 1023 on hda. Currently I have RH installed
> > on hda4 that boots from a floppy with lilo which satisfies that
> > requirement. I've read the install docs and still don't understand how
> > to seperate the /boot from / and the rest of RH installed elsewhere.
> > Could someone explain?
> >
> > Also, with the release of lilo-21.4.3, the 1023 cylinder requirement is
> > null. However, RH 6.2 doesn't come with that version. Is there a way to
> > completely install RH on hdc without using hda for booting?
>
> Install linux, tell it to install the boot sector on /dev/hdc.
> Make sure the install program creates a boot floppy.
> Boot into linux using the floppy
> Insert a disposable floppy (other than your emergency boot disk) and run:
>
> lilo -b /dev/fd0
>
> This will put the lilo boot image on the boot sector of the floppy.
> Whenever you want to boot Linux, just insert the floppy and go. It's
> almost as fast as the hard-drive boot sector.
>
> Keep both these floppies around. The emergency boot floppy has a kernel
> and small filesystem on it so you can boot into linux and do repair work
> if anything should happen to your hard drive. The lilo floppy just has a
> special boot sector that points to your kernel and root partition on hdc.
> The lilo floppy will boot faster but is entirely dependent on your system
> being in perfect working order.
>
> If you ever change the location of your kernel (or install a new one),
> you'll need to run that lilo command again with the floppy in the drive.
>
>
Sorry for not responding sooner for an old topic. I understood that guy
wanted to boot his linux from the hard disk, not from floppy. Is there a
way to perform that but not painful too much?
Misko
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