Re: Problems creating a boot floppy
Not an answer to your problem, but another way to do what you're trying to
do is to simply install lilo or grub on a floppy disk. You could then use
a kernel off the hard drive (like you would if it was installed on the
MBR.)
Ian Monroe
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Nick Dodd wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been having problems booting Debian from floppy.
>
> The reason I boot from floppy is that I have 2 hard disks on my PC:
> Windows lives on the first, and linux on the second, with my root
> partition on /dev/sdb1.
>
> I installed Debian from CD, and this created a boot floppy
> pretty straightforwardly, which has always worked. However,
> I'd like to recompile the kernel and install it on a new
> floppy.
>
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