On (12/11/04 14:32), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A quick one (can't find answers by searching www.debian.org), but how do I > create a boot (rescue?) floppy for sarge which seems to use GRUB? (I tried > mkboot as per LILO but it didn't seem a happy bunny.) Thanks, Michael Googling for: grub debian howto gets you to the answer:
http://www.linuxexposed.com/internal.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=printpage&artid=39 Creating a GRUB boot floppy If you want to create a boot floppy that uses GRUB you can do so like this: cat /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 > /dev/fd0 or if you have a separate boot partition: cat /boot/boot/grub/stage1 /boot/boot/grub/stage2 > /dev/fd0 When you boot from this floppy it'll give you a GRUB prompt, which you can use to boot a kernel off your hard drive: root (hd0,0) This is the device that has the kernel you want to boot - in my case it's my /boot partition /dev/hda1, which GRUB sees as hd0,0. kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19-jp14 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 This line sets where the kernel is located - /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-jp14 on my file system, but since /boot is a separate partition, and that's set as root in GRUB, it's just /vmlinuz-2.4.19-jp14. If /boot wasn't a separate partition, your image would be more like /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-jp14. It also sets some kernel options, in this case I set the root partition and vga=791 which gives a 1024x768 framebuffer console. boot The boot command is what boots you up using the options you set in the commands above. If you want to boot using a kernel off a floppy: root (fd0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19-jp14 root=/dev/hda3 vga=791 boot? *Note that you can hit tab after typing kernel / and it will auto complete the filename for you, in case you don't know the exact filename of the kernel. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
