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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 4:12 am Post subject: Only have 2 partitions to work with |
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First off I want to say how much I like gentoo so far (which really isn't too far). I've been looking for a linux distro that isn't chocked full of gui's and helps teach me something about linux.
Problem at hand is that I have 2 partitions that I can use and I want to make a boot disk instead. Does anyone have any tips for me? I tried:
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
but it says I don't have an fd0. Can anyone help?
Thanks in adv, RJB |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20054
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 4:27 am Post subject: |
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do you have a /dev/fd/0? _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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thekillerbean n00b
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 6:03 am Post subject: |
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kanuslupus, why not delete the other duplicate post? |
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delta407 Bodhisattva
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 6:04 am Post subject: |
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thekillerbean wrote: | kanuslupus, why not delete the other duplicate post? |
Dupes generally get deleted, but cross-posts don't. They act as examples for others that may do the same -- sort of like displaying severed heads on spears in the front yard.
Oh well, it's locked anyway. _________________ I don't believe in witty sigs. |
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | do you have a /dev/fd/0? |
Nope.
The floppy was an idea I had, but could I just mount /boot on the same partition as my main gentoo partition? I know its not safe, but I really don't have any space and I'd like to test gentoo out before I convert my entire computer to it (I'm running *gasp* red hat right now).
An example of what I mean:
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
I want to be able to get into gentoo by way of boot disk. Any comment/suggestion would be great.
(I actually went to preview the thread before I submitted it, or thought I did, and apologize for the double posting. I'd delete it if I could) |
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Naan Yaar Bodhisattva
Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549
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Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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You can use /boot as a directory rather than a partition. You don't need to mount it then. Remove this:
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mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
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Also remember not to add /boot to your fstab file.
You don't need to mount the floppy to put grub on it either. Put the floppy in before you launch grub. Follow other grub steps (remember to give the right options for the root path, etc.) Then, for the grub "setup" step do:
and you will be all set.
I use essentially the same set up you describe (boot as a directory and grub on a floppy). No problems whatsoever.
Anonymous wrote: | Quote: | do you have a /dev/fd/0? |
Nope.
The floppy was an idea I had, but could I just mount /boot on the same partition as my main gentoo partition? I know its not safe, but I really don't have any space and I'd like to test gentoo out before I convert my entire computer to it (I'm running *gasp* red hat right now).
An example of what I mean:
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
I want to be able to get into gentoo by way of boot disk. Any comment/suggestion would be great.
(I actually went to preview the thread before I submitted it, or thought I did, and apologize for the double posting. I'd delete it if I could) |
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