On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Kenneth Stephen wrote:
> 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?
Oops, no comment, only that he's still poluting other lists at vger
unfortunatly.
> Kenneth
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Regards Richard
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