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goat
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 Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 5:24 pm Post subject: bootdisk? |
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Hello, I was wondering how to dreate a bootdisk to boot my gentoo OS
I found on google that I have to dd my kernel to my diskdrive. But I thought
I need grub on the floppy??
Please explain how this is done.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hey goat I use syslinux and my kernel on a boot floppy and it works flawless. Just pass the options:
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kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3
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Change your root to where it lies and you will have yourself a bootfloppy.
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Jeevz
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| Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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It is becoming more convenient to install a boot loader on a floppy and not the kernel (kernels are becoming larger). I use Grub and would advise others to as well.
This is the procedure for creating a Grub bootup floppy (don't forget to put the floppy in the drive  ) :
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# cd /usr/share/grub/i386-pc
# dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
# dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
153+1 records in
153+1 records out
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NOTE: This will destroy any data on your floppy! |
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Jeevz
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| Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2002 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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For more information on Grub don't forget to check the info files. They are very helpful.
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