Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
Only have 2 partitions to work with
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Installing Gentoo
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Guest






PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 4:12 am    Post subject: Only have 2 partitions to work with Reply with quote

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
Back to top
pjp
Administrator
Administrator


Joined: 16 Apr 2002
Posts: 20054

PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

do you have a /dev/fd/0?
_________________
Quis separabit? Quo animo?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
thekillerbean
n00b
n00b


Joined: 24 Jul 2002
Posts: 29

PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 6:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kanuslupus, why not delete the other duplicate post?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
delta407
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva


Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 2876
Location: Chicago, IL

PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Guest






PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 12:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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)
Back to top
Naan Yaar
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva


Joined: 27 Jun 2002
Posts: 1549

PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2002 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can use /boot as a directory rather than a partition. You don't need to mount it then. Remove this:
Code:

mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot

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:
Code:

setup (fd0)

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)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Installing Gentoo All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum