Am Fre, 23. Nov 2001, 20:06:33 +0000 schrieb Robin Stephenson: [...] > ** Is there any way currently to load the root disk part of the Debian > install (second "root/bin" floppy) from a USB floppy? The BIOS > supported the first boot, but the Linux kernel simply panicked when it > came time to switch to the second disk. I tried replacing the kernel on > the first floppy with a USB-capable statically-linked kernel, but still > with no success. > > ** Now I'm getting desperate. I've installed RedHat into a primary > partition on my hard drive. Cunningly (I hope) I put my swap file in an > extended partition together with loads of free space. The MBR fires up > GRUB, courtesy of the RedHat install, giving me a choice between Windows > ME and RedHat 7.2. How can I get from this position into a dual-boot > Windows ME/Debian install? My current partition table looks like this: So you have GRUB. GRUB knows the command "initrd" (I never tried it though). The process should be something like this: On the GRUB command line load the kernel from the rescue disk: grub> kernel (fd0)/linux (I don't really know whats the name of the kernel, but GRUB has tab-completion... Also, there are probably some kernel Options, which syslinux suplies by default) Next, put the root disk in, and try something like: grub> initrd (fd0)+2880 grub> boot Or have the root.bin on some partition and simply load it from there: grub> initrd (hd0,$a)/path/to/root.bin grub> boot You should put the drivers.tgz somewhere where you can acces it later. Of course, there are higher level methods of installing Debian directly from RedHat, but I am not the one, who can tell you about that. I hope this helps (and works) in your case, but I guess it would be hard to turn this into a general method. The tricky part would be to get grub going from Windows ME without a floppy drive. Jö. -- It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder. -- Albert Einstein
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