--- "Taylor, ForrestX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > 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 > --
Ok. thanks. but what about. the messages "NO IDE FLOPPY FOUND" and "NO INITTAB, BAD THINGS WILL HAPPENS" _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Nueva versión: Webcam, voz, y mucho más ¡Gratis! Descárgalo ya desde http://messenger.yahoo.es _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
