Steven J. Yellin wrote: > According to the mkbootdisk man page, "The created boot disk looks for > the root filesystem on the device suggested by /etc/fstab." So maybe it > would work to temporarily change /etc/fstab so that /dev/hda5, instead of > /dev/hda7, corresponds to /. Run mkbootdisk, then change fstab back to > /dev/hda7 corresponding to /. But the boot floppy you already made should > work, provided at the lilo prompt you type "linux root=/dev/hda5". > > On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, alexis Vasquez wrote: > > >>Hi all. >> >>I installed w2k and then installed RHL 7.0 but when >>reach the step to make boot floppy. it can't. I look >>on other screen (alt F3 I think). it says >>"NO IDE FLOPPY FOUND" ... In other line said "NO >>INITTAB. BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN". >> >>So I did mkbootdisk from other linux box. but the >>/root directory in this other machine is /dev/hda7. >>In MY machine is /dev/hda5.. >> >>so floppy boots. but search for /dev/hda7 :-( >> >>How can I make a boot disk with a different parameters >>from the box I'm doin' it..? > >
Actually the easiest way to solve the problem is to mount the bootdisk on a linux machine and edit the syslinux.cfg file. Change the root= option to hda5 instead of hda7. Forrest -- _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
