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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:06 pm    Post subject: creating a bootdisk Reply with quote

I'm trying to create my own bootdisk from the gentoo cdrom. My cdrom on my linuxbox doesn't boot from the livecd so I'm using VMWare to create the bootdisk.
I've created a boot disk with these steps.

# mke2fs /dev/fd0
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
# mkdir -p /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
# cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/
# cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/

# grub

grub> root (fd0)
grub> setup (fd0)
grub> quit

when i boot i get into grub i don't know where to go.
how do i get the grub loader to look at the cdrom to boot from and where is the kernel located on the cdrom?
do i need to add anything to the boot floppy so the cdrom is recognized?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you seen phong's Installation from a boot floppy HOWTO?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I want to create my own boot floppy though not use someone elses
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, I thought that the link to Smart Boot Manager might let you boot from the CD-ROM and save you the trouble.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm trying to learn how to use grub. I'm not very familiar with it except the grub.conf but thanx anyway.
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