Re: Problems creating a boot floppy -- w/ lilo
hi ya nick
if you wanna boot different kernels.. just add the stanza for each kernel
if you wanna make a boot floppy:
dd that kernel to the floppy ( don't have single user mode )
-or-
lilo to the floppy ( sometimes works and have single user mode )
before playing .. make sure you can boot from floppy ... so that you
can recover if anything goes wrong
c ya
alvin
#
# dd way
#
dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-2.x.y of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024
#
# lilo way -- uncomment boot for desired boot media
#
# boot from hd --
# re-lilo this after all done to make sure you can boot from hd
boot=/dev/hda
#
# boot from floppy ( uncomment boot= and run lilo as normal )
# boot=/dev/fd0
....
# ide
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx
root=/dev/hdaxx
label=linux-2.4.xx
...
# scsi
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.yy
root=/dev/sdaxx
initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
label=linux-2.4.yy
..
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.zz
label=linux-2.4.zz
...
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Ian Monroe wrote:
> 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.
> >
> [snip]
>
>
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