Alvin
I have used dd in addtion to the cp command in my message. I always
rdev a kernel on floppy to make it know where root is. Swap too,
thought I think swap is set on boot up.
I have used sys linux, but that is SLOOOoooooooowwww booting. Grub
is hard for me because it uses strange disk numbering. I can't
seem to get it quite right.
Lilo == I can just write a boot sector to the first track of a
floppy, it reaches into the HD and finds the kernel which it boots.
I think Grub is supposed to do that too. I have had a little success
wtih Grub, prefer to use LILO.
Why won't the dd copy of kernel to floppy work? I'll try again,
being particularly careful of all details.
--david
On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> hi ya david
>
> i don't know if the cp trick will work or not..
> or if oyu figured out your dd problems..
> ( i havent tried "cp" )
>
> to make a bootable floppy..
> dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.x of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024
>
> if you didnt compile that kernel yourself or if / is different
> than where it expects it .. you tell it where / is
> rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda1
>
> - the above and the way you did your dd should always work..
> if not... try a different floppy ... you have to have a 100%
> clean floppy ( no bad tracks/sectors )
>
> you can also use lilo and grub and syslinux to make boot floppies
> ( a better boot floppy... esp if you need to fix the disks ...
>
> have fun booting..
> alvin
>
>
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, David Teague wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I tried to use the script mkboot that (if run as user, makes a boot
> > disk by dd the kernel to a floppy and then running rdev on the
> > floppy.) Boot floppy made that way esn't work.
> >
> > If I do it barehanded
> > cp kernel /dev/fd0
> > then
> > rdev
> > to set the root and swap doesn't work either.
> >
> > Please ask me questions if you need more information. I will supply
> > data you ask for.
> >
> > I'm runing Woody, on 350MHz AMD, 390MB RAM. what else do you
> > need? Kernel is the Woody default 2.4 kernel.
> >
> >
> > I'd like a boot floppy that has a kernel on the floppy. Right now
> > I'm using a floppy that has a Lilo track.
>
>
--David
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