Re: How can sarge survive a Windows reinstall?
On Tuesday 01 Mar 2005 17:12, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 05:30:15PM +0100, Macskasi Csaba wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:51:24 -0500, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@pooq.com> wrote:
> > >On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 04:03:44PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > >>On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 04:18:44PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > >>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 07:10:59AM +1100, David Pastern wrote:
> > >>> > Hendrik,
> > >>> >
> > >>> > My suggestion is to boot off Installer disk #1,
> > >>>
> > >>> Will the netinstall disk do? Or does it have to be disk #1 of the
> > >>
> > >>full
> > >>
> > >>> sarge CD distribution?
> > >>
> > >>Yes, the netinstall is fine, as is anything else that has a kernel
> > >>which will accept a root= parameter.
> > >
> > >Just for a lark I tried to use the rescue pricedure you mentioned
> > >*before*
> > >I installed Windows, and glad I did. I booted the CD labelled
> > > debian testing netinstall 20050201
> > >which my son recently used to install Debian on his machine.
> > >
> > >Evidently I still don't understand something, because when I entered
> > > rescue root=/dev/hda3
> > >at the boot: prompt, I was told:
> > > Could not find kernel image: rescue
> > >
> > >Do I need to specify something other than "rescue" on Debian installers?
> > >Maybe Debian is different from Libranet? Or do I need the first CD
> > >of the thirteen-odd CD installer?
> >
> > There is no option called "rescue". Pressing tab twice should give you a
> > list of all possibilities.
>
> I tried tabbing, but no list of options appeared.
> Now I just got another message, which told me that sarge has no rescue
> mode.
>
> So I guess I'm back to an earlier question: how do I make a boot floppy?
Look on your install CD, there are boot images for floppies there somewhere,
and tools and README
>
> -- hendrik
>
> > Csaba
> >
> > >-- hendrik
> > >
> > >>> > and rather than start an
> > >>> > install, type:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > rescue root=/dev/hd*
> > >>> >
> > >>> > where * of course is where your kernel resides. Shouldn't matter
> > >>
> > >>which
> > >>
> > >>> > one. Here is a bit more information:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > http://forum.libranet.com/viewtopic.php?t=5485
> > >>
> > >>The kernel is on the cd, root= specifies the root partition, which
> > >>needs to have /etc/, /bin/, etc (pun intended).
> > >
> > >-- hendrik
> >
> > --
> > bitumen@tuxworld.homelinux.org
> > http://tuxworld.homelinux.org
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