On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, C & D Wyman wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to create a  boot disk when you can't get into redhat? 
> > I lost all of my lilo boot info after a fresh install of win98 (win98 is 
> > for my wife otherwise it wouldn't be there at all) I would like to switch 
> > to booting with a floppy. Can I do this with the red hat 6.0 cd or do I 
> > need to do yet another install?  I'm desperate please help .  Thanx for any 
> > help --Chris
> >
> I've heard of a place where you can download a generic
> "boot floppy." However, your best bet is to do a reinstall
> and dual-boot Linux/Dos. My suggestion would be (to make
> things easier on your wife <G>) to make DOS the default
> when prompted.
> If you need to back anything up (you should be able to
> bypass any formatting, especially if you do an "upgrade"
> install) you can use the boot and rescue images off your
> CDROM (in the /images directory) to make an "install boot"
> floppy and a "rescue" floppy. Used with the install boot
> disk, the rescue floppy will let you mount your Linux
> partition and back it up, etc.

O Dear, would it not be beter advice to tell the man to simply make a
new bootdisk from his redhat cdrom, he could then use it to mount his
redhat partition and then reinstall lilo and "lose" niothing.




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Regards Richard
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