Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 Nov 2012 at 10:39:45 -0500, Tom H wrote: > grub-install has "--no-floppy" and "--allow-floppy" options so > installing grub to a floppy should be possible. Neither option really has any bearing on installing GRUB to a floppy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Brian
On Thu 08 Nov 2012 at 08:13:56 -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a system that constantly reverts back to the > wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off > CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. > > As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a > major pa

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > > I have a system that constantly reverts back to the > wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off > CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. > > As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a > major pai

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Martin McCormick
Tom Grace writes: > I'm not sure about that, but you might have an easier time customizing > an existing cdrom chainloading floppy image. I will look some more because I was more or less leaning that way. > I found http://schierlm.users.sourceforge.net/bootdisk/ and you might be > able to

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 08 November 2012 14:13:56 Martin McCormick wrote: > Where are some linear English sentences that de mystify what we > can get grub-install to do? +1 Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Tom Grace
On 08/11/12 14:13, Martin McCormick wrote: > Should this work? Yes, it should be possible. > Where are some linear English sentences that de mystify what we > can get grub-install to do? > I'm not sure about that, but you might have an easier time customizing an existing cdrom chainloading floppy

Custom Grub-install on a Floppy

2012-11-08 Thread Martin McCormick
I have a system that constantly reverts back to the wrong boot order and I need to monkey-wrench it to boot off CDROM so as to upgrade it to wheezy. As a computer user who happens to be blind, this is a major pain. Get the monitor. Find somebody to watch it and ask them to go in t