Re: [gentoo-user] Create a new grub only partition? Lookingfor ideas.

2003-06-03 Thread brett holcomb
Why not use a Gentoo LiveCD and boot from it. It's got everything you need to run a system. On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 09:09:37 -0700 Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You won't be able to chroot from tomsrtbt. When I needed to do a floppy-based install, I had to make my own 2.4.20 kernel and

Re: [gentoo-user] Create a new grub only partition? Lookingfor ideas.

2003-06-03 Thread brett holcomb
The LiveCD is built to boot from and has - as far as I know - a full system on it along with a stage1 tarball that is copied for a stage 1 install. Give it a try. You just need to get a system up so you can fix grub. Another alternative is Knoppix which gives you a full system that boots

Re: [gentoo-user] Create a new grub only partition? Lookingfor ideas.

2003-06-03 Thread brett holcomb
There is also a tutorial available on Grub done by Gentoo's Daniel Robbins. I don't have the url handy right now. Yes, you can fix the hard driver grub from the floppy. On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:22:02 -0700 Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- Heschi, I think this