Create a boot disk

2003-09-04 Thread Gunawan
Hi, How to create a boot disk for RH9? Regards, Gunawan

Re: Create a boot disk

2003-09-04 Thread MKlinke
On Thursday 04 September 2003 20:57, Gunawan wrote: Hi, How to create a boot disk for RH9? Regards, Gunawan Stick a floppy in and use the utility mkbootdisk. See man mkbootdisk for the particulars. Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Create a boot disk

2003-09-04 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 04 September 2003 09:57 pm, Gunawan wrote: Hi, How to create a boot disk for RH9? http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/s1-steps-install-cdrom.html#S2-STEPS-MAKE-DISKS - -- - -Michael pgp key: http

Re: Changing boot disk from secondary IDE to primary IDE and addinganother drive

2003-06-29 Thread Mark Bruen
Thanks for the input, it turns out that anaconda takes care of everything except the swap partition definition in /etc/fstab which I modified from hdc8 to hda8. My problem was that the disk I was adding had another install of redhat on it and the labels were the same as my original boot disk

Changing boot disk from secondary IDE to primary IDE and adding anotherdrive

2003-06-28 Thread Mark Bruen
On redhat 9 I'm currently booting from the secondary IDE first drive (hdc). I tried adding a drive to the primary IDE first drive (hda). The system booted but could not attach the swap partition on hdc. I'd like to put my current drive on the primary IDE first drive (hda) and the additional

Re: Changing boot disk from secondary IDE to primary IDE and addinganother drive

2003-06-28 Thread Robert P. J. Day
to guarantee that this will work, but if you're using GRUB as a boot loader, there is a file /boot/grub/device.map that you might be able to tweak to specify your boot disk. on my system, the contents are: # this device map was generated by anaconda (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hda but i've

wat command to type to get to windows 98 if i use the red hat boot disk?

2003-03-11 Thread Loretta Tay
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Re: wat command to type to get to windows 98 if i use the red hat boot disk?

2003-03-11 Thread bollu
Thank you! You to! (Embedded image moved to file: pic09961.gif) wat command to type to get to windows 98 if i use the red hat boot disk? Depends on your boot loader. If you have lilo, check your /etc/lilo.conf file. Cyr

Creating its own boot disk

2003-02-23 Thread JD
Hi, Im trying to create my own boot disk using the documentation located in Documentation/initrd.txt. I wrote a /linuxrc file that seems to workexcept at the end when it tries to release the open handles and resources and wants to run /sbin/init. Here are the two issues I get

how to make boot disk with i386 kernel?

2003-01-22 Thread Marius Andreiana
Hi How could I make a boot disk ( like the one created during install ) with a i386 kernel on an athlon machine? I have a hdd and boot floppy which have an athlon kernel and I can't use it on a pentium 1. I don't know how to make the boot disk with i386 kernel, not athlon. thanks! -- Soluţii

Re: boot disk for 2.4.18-19.8.0

2002-12-24 Thread Donald Ade
if you run out of space while creating a boot disk is it possibe to span it or limit the size? -Dee steve wrote: One more thing. If you have an IDE cd-rw remember to add the hdc=ide-scsi to the append initrd=initrd.img hdc=ide-scsi root=/dev/hda2 line in the boot floppy syslinux.cfg file

boot disk for 2.4.18-19.8.0

2002-12-23 Thread steve
Thanks for the mkbootdisk tip. Here is what I did to make the new boot disk. I ran mkbootdisk in verbose mode to see what it was doing.First become SU.Then run the command on the following line. [root@NTSERVER Steve]# /sbin/mkbootdisk --verbose 2.4.18-19.8.0 Here is the output Insert a disk

Re: boot disk for 2.4.18-19.8.0

2002-12-23 Thread steve
. Here is what I did to make the new boot disk. I ran mkbootdisk in verbose mode to see what it was doing.First become SU.Then run the command on the following line. [root@NTSERVER Steve]# /sbin/mkbootdisk --verbose 2.4.18-19.8.0 Here is the output Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information

boot disk

2002-12-22 Thread Donald Ade
I installed Redhat w/o a boot loader. I made the boot disk and I updated my box but the new kernel doesnt boot by defualt. How do I make a boot disk a with the latest kernel as defualt or is it possible to make a boot disk with boot options. i.e.: boot: press 1 for kernel xx2 press 2

boot disk

2002-12-04 Thread M. Schild
Could anyone explain simply how to make a boot disk, please. I lost my original one Maryse -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: boot disk

2002-12-04 Thread Ismael Touama
Hi, mkbootdisk `uname-r`, I guess. You can in other way enter directly the version-of-your-kernel. -- ism -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]De la part de M. Schild Envoye : mercredi 4 decembre 2002 11:50 A : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : boot disk

RE: boot disk

2002-12-04 Thread Ismael Touama
Hi, mkbootdisk `uname-r`, I guess. You can in other way enter directly the version-of-your-kernel. -- ism Sorry ! mkbootdisk `uname -r` -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: boot disk

2002-12-04 Thread M. Schild
Sorry ! mkbootdisk `uname -r` Thanks Maryse -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

RE: boot disk

2002-12-04 Thread Manoj
man mkbootdisk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M. Schild Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: boot disk Could anyone explain simply how to make a boot disk, please. I lost my original one Maryse

Installation Boot Disk

2002-10-30 Thread truc nguyen
I have 2 Red Hat 7.2 CDs. My old computer just boot from the floppy disk. How do I make an installation boot disk from these CDs ? Any input would be appreciate. Best Regards TC./ __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http

RE: Installation Boot Disk

2002-10-30 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
, October 30, 2002 3:45 PM I have 2 Red Hat 7.2 CDs. My old computer just boot from the floppy disk. How do I make an installation boot disk from these CDs ? Any input would be appreciate. Best Regards TC./ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http

How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread Michael Pahle
Hi @ all! I want to create an actual boot disk. My RH-Server works with grub and initrd etc I don't found a good documentation, to create an aktual boot disk. I don't have an original bootdisk, which usualy will be created by installation. All that I tried, don't work :( The Boot-Disk-HOWTO

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread linux power
Try dd if=(/boot/initrd file.img) of=/dev/floppy bs=1440k Or this mkbootdisk (kernel version ) /dev/floppy --- Michael Pahle [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: Hi @ all! I want to create an actual boot disk. My RH-Server works with grub and initrd etc I don't found a good documentation

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread Michael Pahle
From: linux power [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:30 PM Try dd if=(/boot/initrd file.img) of=/dev/floppy bs=1440k Or this mkbootdisk (kernel version ) /dev/floppy Thx for this tips :-) Now I have installed 'mkbootdisk' from RedHat-CD1. This

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread linux power
2.4.18-10 I think --- Michael Pahle [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: From: linux power [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:30 PM Try dd if=(/boot/initrd file.img) of=/dev/floppy bs=1440k Or this mkbootdisk (kernel version ) /dev/floppy

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread Michael Pahle
From: linux power [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 4:59 PM 2.4.18-10 I think OK, THX :) But I had to type mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.18-10 Now I have an actual boot disk, which works! :-) Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread linux power
2.4.18-10 Now I have an actual boot disk, which works! :-) Michael -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __ Se den nye Yahoo

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread ABrady
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:07:08 +0200 Michael Pahle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi @ all! I want to create an actual boot disk. My RH-Server works with grub and initrd etc I don't found a good documentation, to create an aktual boot disk. I don't have an original bootdisk, which usualy

Re: How to create an actual boot disk for RH 7.3?

2002-09-22 Thread ABrady
an actual boot disk, which works! :-) Michael I never use '--device' and it always writes to fd0. -- Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Using rdev to create custom boot disk

2002-07-30 Thread Tinu Patel
Hi All, I have a RH 72 server for which I would like to create a custom bootdisk using rdev. The following are the steps I performed: rdev bzImage /dev/fd0 rdev bzImage 49152 rdev -R bzImage 0 dd if=/boot/bzImage of=/dev/fd0 I need this bootdisk for using Parition Image for Linux, the

RE: Using rdev to create custom boot disk

2002-07-30 Thread Jim Bowen
. What you _need_ is a boot disk that not only has a kernel on it, but also a compressed image of a root filesystem stored further on on the disk. There are many bootdisk howtos out there that cover such creation, it is well beyond the scope of this email :) Unless you create a root image, though

RE: Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17-0.16

2002-07-03 Thread Hahnel William J
Title: RE: Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17-0.16 There is a matching 2.4.17-0.16 directory in /lib/modules. -Original Message- From: Mike Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:26 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17

Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17-0.16

2002-07-02 Thread Hahnel William J
Title: Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17-0.16 Hello, I'm trying to create a boot disk for my 2.4.17-0.16 kernel but I'm not having any luck. The command being used is: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.17-0.16 I'm getting the message that there is no space left on the diskette

Re: Cannot create boot disk for 2.4.17-0.16

2002-07-02 Thread Mike Burger
wrote: Hello, I'm trying to create a boot disk for my 2.4.17-0.16 kernel but I'm not having any luck. The command being used is: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.17-0.16 I'm getting the message that there is no space left on the diskette. This makes sense since I looked at my /boot

How do I make boot disk after installation?

2002-06-23 Thread Kristian Sørensen
Hello, I didn't make a boot disk during the installation of RH7.3. How do I make one now? Sincerely yours, Kristian ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: How do I make boot disk after installation?

2002-06-23 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 05:45:37PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote: Hello, I didn't make a boot disk during the installation of RH7.3. How do I make one now? Use the mkbootdisk command. See the man page for usage. -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org

Re: How do I make boot disk after installation?

2002-06-23 Thread John P Verel
On 06/23/02 17:57 +0200, Anand Buddhdev wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 05:45:37PM +0200, Kristian Sørensen wrote: Hello, I didn't make a boot disk during the installation of RH7.3. How do I make one now? Use the mkbootdisk command. See the man page for usage. Or Programs|System

boot disk with mount and edit support

2002-05-09 Thread Henning, Brian
Hello- I need to make a boot disk that can mount ext2 partitons and that has an editor so i can edit files. Can someone point me in the right direction so i can learn how to create such a boot disk. thanks, brian ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL

RE: boot disk with mount and edit support

2002-05-09 Thread Benjamin Rich
This might help you out. http://lbt.linuxcare.com/index.epl Linuxcare Bootable Toolbox -Original Message- From: Henning, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: boot disk with mount and edit support Hello- I need to make

Re: boot disk with mount and edit support

2002-05-09 Thread jbinpg
Brian wrote - Hello- I need to make a boot disk that can mount ext2 partitons and that has an editor so i can edit files. Can someone point me in the right direction so i can learn how to create such a boot disk. Hi, Brian. Do a google search for Tom's rootboot. An essential item

Re: boot disk with mount and edit support

2002-05-09 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 09 May 2002 01:58 pm, Henning, Brian wrote: Hello- I need to make a boot disk that can mount ext2 partitons and that has an editor so i can edit files. Can someone point me in the right direction so i can learn how to create

Switching from SCSI to IDE boot disk ??

2002-05-06 Thread Darryl Harvey
I have a RedHat 7.2 system (Latest Updates) and it currently has the boot and system on a SCSI disk The SCSI controller and/or disk is playing up (Locking up the whole system) so I wish to remove it from the unit all together and just run with IDE. (I do not need to benefits of SCSI, so it can

can't make boot disk for new version of kernel

2001-12-07 Thread Michael Teixeira
I stupidly installed a new verion of my kernel on my box using up2date. I went from 2.4.2-2 to 2.4.9-12. I also removed the old kernel. I didn't update /etc/lilo.conf, or really do anything but install a new kernel and eventually reboot. I also failed to make a new boot disk. The machine

Re: can't make boot disk for new version of kernel

2001-12-07 Thread Robert Dege
. I also failed to make a new boot disk. The machine boots and runs fine with the old boot disk. ( I need to boot from disk ). The only problem I've seen so far is with mounting devices. For example, if I now try to make a boot disk, I see something like: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0

boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread Ted Gervais
How do I make a boot -disk now that I have RedHat7.1 in place? It failed to make one during the installation so now I have only the one from RedHat 7.0.. I tried doing a dd if=/boot/vmlinuz if=/dev/fd0 etc etc. and while that copied that file it seems to need something else. Should I

Re: boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread ABrady
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001 19:13:07 -0300 Ted Gervais [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake unto us: How do I make a boot -disk now that I have RedHat7.1 in place? It failed to make one during the installation so now I have only the one from RedHat 7.0.. I tried doing a dd if=/boot/vmlinuz if=/dev/fd0 etc

Re: boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread Statux
, the first option is tastey :) On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote: How do I make a boot -disk now that I have RedHat7.1 in place? It failed to make one during the installation so now I have only the one from RedHat 7.0.. I tried doing a dd if=/boot/vmlinuz if=/dev/fd0 etc etc. and while

Re: boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread Ted Gervais
in the MBR, the first option is tastey :) On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote: How do I make a boot -disk now that I have RedHat7.1 in place? It failed to make one during the installation so now I have only the one from RedHat 7.0.. I tried doing a dd if=/boot/vmlinuz if=/dev/fd0 etc etc

Re: boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
.. maybe not. Always good to have a rescue disk, but on a dual boot system without LILO in the MBR, the first option is tastey :) Your version of mkbootdisk must do things different then the version I have, because the only differences between the first version, and a boot disk made by mkbootdisk

Re: boot disk

2001-04-22 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote: On Sunday 22 April 2001 09:24 pm, you wrote: Two options: 1) dd if=kernel_image_filename of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k 2) mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernel_image_filename I had tried the first option but it never fully booted up. It seemed to say it

Boot Disk Creation

2001-03-29 Thread Mark Lo (3)
Hi, I would like to know how to create a boot disk after the installation process. Thank you Mark ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Boot Disk Creation

2001-03-29 Thread Charles Galpin
man mkbootdisk On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mark Lo (3) wrote: Hi, I would like to know how to create a boot disk after the installation process. Thank you Mark charles ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https

Re: Boot Disk Creation

2001-03-29 Thread Mike Burger
"cp vmlinuz /dev/fd0" usually works for me. On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mark Lo (3) wrote: Hi, I would like to know how to create a boot disk after the installation process. Thank you Mark ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL

Re: Boot Disk Creation

2001-03-29 Thread Mike Burger
Or there's this. G On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Charles Galpin wrote: man mkbootdisk On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mark Lo (3) wrote: Hi, I would like to know how to create a boot disk after the installation process. Thank you Mark charles

boot disk

2001-03-28 Thread Jerry Human
I have just reinstalled RH 7.0 but this time it wouldn't creat a boot disk. The old boot disk doesn't work. RH is on /dev/hda4, how can I start RH to make a boot disk? Thanks. ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com

Re: boot disk

2001-03-28 Thread Thornton Prime
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Jerry Human wrote: I have just reinstalled RH 7.0 but this time it wouldn't creat a boot disk. The old boot disk doesn't work. RH is on /dev/hda4, how can I start RH to make a boot disk? Boot to the CD, or install floppy. At the prompt type linux root=/dev/hda4

Re: mounting toms root/boot disk

2000-10-20 Thread Bret Hughes
Luke C Gavel wrote: On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Dave Wreski wrote: [root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist rm -f /dev/fd0u1722 cd /dev ./MAKEDEV fd0 You will then have /dev/fd0H1772 which you can then use.

mounting toms root/boot disk

2000-10-19 Thread Kelly Scroggins
How do I mount a toms root boot (floppy) disk? His doc says to use /dev/fd0u1722 ... but I get an error message when I try it. i.e., [root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist I tried making the /dev file : touch

Re: mounting toms root/boot disk

2000-10-19 Thread Dave Wreski
[root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist rm -f /dev/fd0u1722 cd /dev ./MAKEDEV fd0 You will then have /dev/fd0H1772 which you can then use. dave ___ Redhat-list mailing list

Re: mounting toms root/boot disk

2000-10-19 Thread Luke C Gavel
On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Dave Wreski wrote: [root@server:root]# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1722 /mnt/floppy mount: special device /dev/fd0u1722 does not exist rm -f /dev/fd0u1722 cd /dev ./MAKEDEV fd0 You will then have /dev/fd0H1772 which you can then use. That is the correct

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-27 Thread Charles Galpin
check out mondo http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/index.html charles On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Gary Nielson wrote: Mmm, I just went there and there is nothing to download and the link for anonymous ftp produces an error. Is there actually something to download yet. I notice Linuxcare's Business

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-27 Thread Edward Marczak
27/6/00 12:38 PM, John Aldrich a écrit: An option would be a combo boot disk (with CD drivers) and a "rescue" CDROM. That way, on the old 486's (and other systems that won't boot from a CD) you boot off the floppy and load the CD as your "rescue" image. :-) Hey, sure.

Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Everybody, I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot disk. Could anybody throw me some light. Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Eric Clover
bootdisk kernel-version or man bootdisk Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Everybody, I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot disk. Could anybody throw me some light. Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Everybody, I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot disk. Could anybody throw me some light. man mkbootdisk. Just remember, you DON'T need to prepend the "vmlinuz-" stuff to it I can never seem t

RE: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Kevin Rooney
I believe that's mkbootdisk --bootdisk kernel-version --or --man bootdisk -- --Stephen Liu wrote: -- -- Hi Everybody, -- -- I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create --a rescue/boot -- disk. Could anybody throw me some light. -- -- Thanks in advance. -- -- B.R. -- Stephen

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Eric Clover wrote: bootdisk kernel-version or man bootdisk You mean MKbootdisk. :-) John -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread eric clover
er, oops ayup mkbootdisk sorry eric - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Eric Clover wrote: bootdisk kernel-version

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Steven W. Orr
the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot =disk. Could anybody throw me some light. = =Thanks in advance. = =B.R. =Stephen -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Gary Nielson
mands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot =disk. Could anybody throw me some light. = =Thanks in advance. = =B.R. =Stephen -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Bret Hughes
Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Everybody, I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot disk. Could anybody throw me some light. One alternative might be to use Tom's boot disk for rescue operations. Totally self-contained and easily used. I don't remember wher I

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Bret Hughes wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: Hi Everybody, I just forgot the commands used in Xterm window to create a rescue/boot disk. Could anybody throw me some light. One alternative might be to use Tom's boot disk for rescue operations. Totally self

Re: Commands to create a rescue/boot disk

2000-06-26 Thread Edward Marczak
26/6/00 10:55 AM, Steven W. Orr a écrit: Your best best bet is the lubbock project stored on sourceforge. It's a 50M emergency bootable cd image. ...great, except for those older 486s that don't CD boot. My opinion, emergency root boot floppy sets are problematic. The boot floppy is no

making boot disk on LS120 (with normal floppy) -warning its not as simple as it sounds!

2000-01-05 Thread Neil Hollow
don't see how this could help me. After a long spiel these are my questions. In the boot directory there a multiplicity of files vmlinuz, vmlinuz.2.2.5, 2.2.5BOOT etc which one is the right one to use for a boot disk and how do I do it? Why does the hdc drive come up with partition errors every time

RE: How to copy boot disk?

1999-12-07 Thread Ralph Guzman
Mailing List Subject: How to copy boot disk? Hello, Can anyone tell us how to make a copy of a linux boot disc. Ian Paton -- OCTAL NET SERVICES Tel +61 8 9316 9323

How to copy boot disk?

1999-12-06 Thread Ian Paton
Hello,Can anyone tell us how to make a copy of a linux boot disc. Ian Paton --OCTAL NET SERVICES Tel +61 8 9316 9323--

Re: How to copy boot disk?

1999-12-06 Thread Iain Wade
] -Original Message-From: Ian Paton [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Redhat Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 11:24 AMSubject: How to copy boot disk? Hello,Can anyone tell us how to make a copy of a linux boot disc. Ian Paton

boot disk and boot sector for bootloader

1998-06-18 Thread chang
Hi, all: I try to install RedHat 4.1 ( I bought the CD two years ago, have not upgrad yet) to HP pavilion 8275 with HD 8GB. During the installation process, everything is ok untill it try to install bootloader in the master boot sector or the first sector of the partitioned disk or on floppy

Re: boot disk

1998-06-17 Thread David E. Fox
where exactly since I only run Linux here. At any rate, any time you want to make a boot disk in Linux, you can do so by first copying the linux kernel over to a floppy, and then setting the root device on the floppy. The root device is the partition that you boot linux from; example /dev/hda1

boot disk

1998-06-16 Thread Kevin Seguin
is it possible to create a disk to boot from during installation of rh5.0? i have NT on my machine now, and i want to install red hat so i have a dual boot machine. to do this, i need to install red hat, then boot into linux via floppy, copy the boot image, then boot into nt and tell the nt

boot disk

1998-06-16 Thread Kevin Seguin
is it possible to create a disk to boot from during installation of rh5.0? i have NT on my machine now, and i want to install red hat so i have a dual boot machine. to do this, i need to install red hat, then boot into linux via floppy, copy the boot image, then boot into nt and tell the nt

Re: boot disk for RH5.0

1998-05-14 Thread Gordon von Miller
I changed the jumper to master, but it still won't recognize my cdrom. When you say second hdc connector, do you mean second from the ide card or second from the end of the cable? On Thu, 14 May 1998, John J. Donohue wrote: Finally got brave enough to load RH5 over RH4.2. I can't past

Re: boot disk for RH5.0

1998-05-14 Thread Gordon von Miller
Thanks to all. I may have to get a newer card. Gordon On Thu, 14 May 1998, Rich Shepard wrote: At 08:54 PM 5/14/98 -0500, you wrote: I changed the jumper to master, but it still won't recognize my cdrom. When you say second hdc connector, do you mean second from the ide card or second

Re: boot disk for RH5.0

1998-05-14 Thread John J. Donohue
Finally got brave enough to load RH5 over RH4.2. I can't past the cdrom list. My cdrom is a NEC CORP. Model cdr-260R. On RH 4.2, it works just great under hdb: NEC CD-ROM. Try jumpering the drive as master and attaching it to the second IDE connector (under hdc). -- PLEASE read the

Re: boot disk for RH5.0

1998-05-13 Thread Gordon von Miller
Hello, Finally got brave enough to load RH5 over RH4.2. I can't past the cdrom list. My cdrom is a NEC CORP. Model cdr-260R. On RH 4.2, it works just great under hdb: NEC CD-ROM. Thanks. Gordon -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!

Custom boot disk for AIC-7895

1998-04-20 Thread Braden N. McDaniel
I have an Intel DK440LX motherboard with an on-board AIC-7895 SCSI controller. The boot disk for RH5 (made from the image on the CD) does not recognize the controller, and thus I cannot install Linux. Might anyone have a custom boot disk that includes the updated driver for this chip? Prismatic

Boot disk problem

1998-04-17 Thread Trenton D. Adams
I made a lilo boot disk. The boot disk works fine. However, when I try to insert the root disk, and load it into ram, it runs the drive, then just freezes there. Has anybody had this problem? If so, how did you fix it? Trenton D. Adams.vcf

Boot disk doesn't complete

1998-03-16 Thread Quandor
I am trying to install Linux. The boot disk that comes with it hangs up during installation. Even when I choose expert mode. What am I supposed to do? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat

Re: Boot disk doesn't complete

1998-03-16 Thread Sam Ockman
Where does it hang up? What messages do you get? What hardware are you using? What version/where did the boot disk come from? -Sam On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 06:05:15PM -0500, Quandor wrote: I am trying to install Linux. The boot disk that comes with it hangs up during installation