This sequence is for my setup; you'll have to pass options to
grub relative to where your stuff is:
>root (hd1,0)
>kernel (hd1,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hdb3
>initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r7
>boot
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>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:54:51 +0800
>From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem on booting after
installation.
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Hi Collins,
>
> - snip -
>
>>>Problme now solved. I can mount another floppy created on
another Linux
>>>box with '/mnt/floppy' There is nothing wrong on the
floppy nor its
>>>drive, only impossible to read bootdisk.
>>>
>>>I tried following command without success
>>>
>>># mount /mnt/floppy
>>># mount -t ext3 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>>># mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>>>
>>>Can you advise how to read a bootdisk. Thanks
>>>
>>Haven't a clue! I'm sure that's why it won't mount, since
there is no file
>>system on the floppy. I'm not sure what you want to do with
it, but you could
>>use dd to copy it.
>>
>I tested the bootdisk. It prompted "grub>" not booting the
system
>automatically. I pressed TAB to view the commands there and
tried
>several of them such "boot", etc. But I could not make the
PC booted.
>Therefore I tried to mount and read the bootdisk to see
whether having a
>detail instruction there.
>
>B.R.
>Stephen
>
>
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