To make a new boot disk, Mount the CD ROM for Linux. Then do this:
# mount /mnt/cdrom
# cd /mnt/cdrom/images
# dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880
That will copy the disk image to the A: drive of your computer. Do this
as root. Reboot. IF the disk is corrupted try again, with a different
floppy. If all else fails, get a new floppy drive ;).
- Mike
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Michael B. Trausch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.wcnet.org/~mtrausch 100% Microsoft Free on a PC!
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On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, PAUL TRACESKI wrote:
PT>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:37:22 -0500
PT>From: PAUL TRACESKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PT>To: "Linux_Newbie (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PT>Subject: Only Boot Floppy Corrupted, Can't Make Another
PT>
PT>I am running Redhat 5.1, booting off a floppy disk created in
PT>the installation process. It turns out this is the only copy I have.
PT>When it started squealing I set about making replacements, and
PT>I have been frustrated at every turn all morning. I am giving up
PT>and am asking for help. To begin, I have only the most rudimentary
PT>knowledge, so assume nothing in providing suggestions.
PT>
PT>The boot floppy gets me to user login automatically, and I exit
PT>with /sbin/shutdown -r now from root.
PT>
PT>1.I can make another boot disk by going through the installation
PT>process again, but that would wipe out all the customization I so
PT>laboriously accomplished with a lot of help, stuff I could never
PT>recreate on my own at this stage, so this is not an option.
PT>
PT>2. Referring to Running Linux, I downloaded rawrite2.exe from
PT>sunsite.unc.edu, intending to use it to copy the sole boot disk, but
PT>it failed to read drive a: indicating a corrupted disk beyond the squealing
PT>heard during linux boot up. Trying any other disk said permission
PT>denied, so even if I could read the corrupted floppy, I can't get this
PT>program to work anyhow.
PT>
PT>3.Refering to Linux Undercover page 128, I could not get the
PT>command rdev to work at all, saying command not found. I did
PT>find the kernel (?) at /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-0.6. I copied the kernel(?)
PT> cp /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.34-0.6 /dev/fd0
PT>This seemed to work, after asking if I wanted to overwrite the floppy.
PT>I had not done any kind of mount for the a: drive floppy. I then tried
PT>to boot from this disk. It seemed to be working, but came up with the
PT>following two lines and hung up.
PT> VHS:cannot open root device 08:21
PT> Kernel panic:VHS:unable to mount root from 08:21
PT>
PT>I am at my wits end after struggling for most of the past day.. If I cannot
PT>copy or recreate another boot floppy before the solitary wounded dove
PT>boot floppy hits the dirt, I will lose all work done in this current installation.
PT>
PT> Paul Traceski
PT> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PT>
PT>P.S. Thanks for the SED command suggestions, they helped.
PT>
