Mike McCarty wrote:
Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote:
[...]
Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy,
but I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task.
To what task? [...]
Oops, I should'be read the OP more closely :)
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Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote:
Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks every body
for input especially
Mike McCarty.
Here are the complete instructions for Debian 3.1 with 2.4.27-2-386
kernel:
1. Create a floppy disk so that you can boot into the grub environment
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Felipe Sateler wrote:
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote:
Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me.
I find it easier using grub-floppy (which comes with grub). From it's man
page:
grub-floppy - program to do build a generic grub boot disc
DESCRIPTION
grub-floppy is a program to buil
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote:
> Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me.
I find it easier using grub-floppy (which comes with grub). From it's man
page:
grub-floppy - program to do build a generic grub boot disc
DESCRIPTION
grub-floppy is a program to build a generic grub boot dis
Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much) wrote:
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote:
Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me.
Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy, but
I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task.
To what task? His qu
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote:
Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me.
Thanks, I saved your message in case I ever need a grub boot floppy, but
I think that you'll find syslinux and LILO more suited to the task.
Syslinux is much easier to set up, and although LILO is hard to set
Herby I am posting the solution, which worked for me. Thanks every body
for input especially
Mike McCarty.
Here are the complete instructions for Debian 3.1 with 2.4.27-2-386
kernel:
1. Create a floppy disk so that you can boot into the grub environment
by following :
- insert floppy
- cd /l
R. Shemanske wrote:
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> Ralph Boisvert wrote:
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> > I loaded linux without making a bootable floppy. I am trying to make a
> > bootable floppy with cd-rom support. Is this possible, if so how can it
> > be done?
> >
> >
> >
> > R
Ralph Boisvert wrote:
I loaded linux without making a bootable floppy. I am trying to make a
bootable floppy with cd-rom support. Is this possible, if so how can it
be done?
Ralph
I am guessing you mean a boot disk (one that will boot your existing
kernel). In that case use the
I loaded linux without making a bootable
floppy. I am trying to make a bootable floppy with cd-rom support.
Is this possible, if so how can it be done?
Ralph
I recently posted a message about problems I was having with making a
bootable floppy. I followed the how-to step by step and I have fallen
down twice. I am not sure if I figured my RAM disk word correctly, I am
using one disk so I said my ram disk word value would be 16384. I then
stumbled on
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