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bluesky
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 Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 2:39 pm Post subject: grub and bootdisk? |
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Grub is great. but do I still need a bootdisk? 
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BonezTheGoon
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Well that depends on your needs. I don't have or need a boot disk, I use grub. I have grub loaded into my MBR on my hard disk.
If that doesn't answer your question feel free to repost with more information.
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bluesky
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:11 pm Post subject: re: bootdisk |
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Well. Bootdisk isn't for the regular booting process, it's a safe measure. So my question again. Do we still need to keep a bootdisk just in case?
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Naan Yaar
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: re: bootdisk |
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Grub and a bootdisk are not an either/or proposition. You can put grub on a boot floppy. If this is your only machine and you cannot access the internet or another machine if something goes wrong, you can make a grub (or someother) boot floppy for safety sake. However, the likelihood of the floppy going bad is probably higher than that of the hard drive screwing up.
| bluesky wrote: | | Well. Bootdisk isn't for the regular booting process, it's a safe measure. So my question again. Do we still need to keep a bootdisk just in case? |
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xr31Daisy
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| Wouldn't the gentoo install CD be sufficient to boot your machine and repair whatever needs fixing ? |
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arkane
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| xr31Daisy wrote: | | Wouldn't the gentoo install CD be sufficient to boot your machine and repair whatever needs fixing ? |
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Naan Yaar
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Yeah... there is a "howto" in the DT&T on this. However, having a boot floppy around is sometimes handy since it lets you get to your system more directly than a boot CD (no chroot, etc.)
| xr31Daisy wrote: | | Wouldn't the gentoo install CD be sufficient to boot your machine and repair whatever needs fixing ? |
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bluesky
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 5:40 pm Post subject: re: CD as a boot medium? |
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Interesting. I know that install CD can be used to do install, upgrade and rescue disk. But, I don't know how to boot my system from an install CD. Would you explain how?
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pjp
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This FAQ topic should cover that (with included link to instructions).
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bluesky
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 6:08 pm Post subject: re: boot CD. |
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Thanks. However, it will take some processes and I will need to do a chroot.
But I agree that the boot CD is really useful. But, in case if the kernel were corrupted( because of bad recompiling, for example ), can I still chroot into the system to replace with a new kenel?
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