On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, pa3gcu wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Deja vu? Anyone on this list remember Karl Larsen?
Kenneth
