David Jenkins wrote: > Hi all!
<cut> > > 1. I need to keep Windows98 on the primary 12 Gbyte hard drive, and would > like to boot Debian from a floppy. (That way, the rest of the family won't > even know Linux is on our machine, until I get everything working properly.) > I created a boot floppy during installation, and when I boot the system with > it in the floppy drive, Debian does indeed come up, but it takes a very long > time. Is it possible to set up the boot floppy so that the system does boot > from it, but once it does, transfers to the Linux kernal on the hard drive > (/dev/hdb1)? Is that a sensible question? > <snip> The boot floppy that's made during the installation is exceptionally slow. If you really want a boot floppy and not the normal lilo, you can make one when you compile your first kernel. Instead of making lilo with a "make zlilo" you can make a boot disk with "make zdisk (or bzdisk if your kernel is big)" That boot floppy will be significantly quicker than the installation disk. John -- Powered by the Penguin
