Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-02 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 04:50:58PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Carel, > > Now I'm really getting worried, and trying to recall were I picked up > the suggestion to create a grub floppy (it wasn't my own idea). I was > from Linux Journal, but I can't seem to pin down the issue. I'm not sure I und

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-02 Thread Haines Brown
Carel, Now I'm really getting worried, and trying to recall were I picked up the suggestion to create a grub floppy (it wasn't my own idea). I was from Linux Journal, but I can't seem to pin down the issue. I also find a reference to doing so in the clone-HOWTO, section 5.3. Also http://www.mathe

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-02 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 11:14:20AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: ... > > I seriously doubt this is sane:) > > According to the grub.info (node: Images): > > > > While Stage 2 cannot generally be embedded in a fixed area as the > > size is so large, Stage 1.5 can be installed into the area r

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-02 Thread Haines Brown
> On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 06:06:08AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > ... > > If you do have a running system, then simply have root visit grub's > > working directory and copy the two stage files over to an unmounted > > floppy: > > > > # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 > > # dd if=

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-01 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 06:06:08AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: ... > If you do have a running system, then simply have root visit grub's > working directory and copy the two stage files over to an unmounted > floppy: > > # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 > # dd if=stage2 of=/dev/f

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-01 Thread Haines Brown
Floris, I have also found it advantageous to create a grub boot floppy. You can then select among kernels or fiddle with the bootloader configuration actually in the course of a boot. If you do have a running system, then simply have root visit grub's working directory and copy the two stage file

Re: boot-floppies package

2003-06-01 Thread Charles Roberts
Floris Bruynooghe wrote: Why can't I find the boot-floppies package anymore? Or is there an other way to make custom Debian boot-floppies. In the installation manual for Woody however they are still mentoined under the section `Chapter 10 - Technical Information on the Boot Floppies'. (I could f

Re: boot-floppies package

2001-04-28 Thread ktb
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:28:09AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know if I should be posting this here or in debian-devel > > I wanted to install the boot floppies package so I can create > my own install scripts > > apt-get install boot-floppies told me it needed to install

Re: boot-floppies package for hamm?

1998-01-24 Thread Norbert Veber
On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 10:43:11PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > > I am really hurting for a set too. Is it safe to force the libc5-pic and > ncurses3.0-pic? hmm there is a libc6-pic and ncurses 3.4-pic, but as I have no idea what those are for, the answer to yer question is: I don't know :)

Re: boot-floppies package for hamm?

1998-01-24 Thread Norbert Veber
On Sat, Jan 24, 1998 at 01:30:18AM -0500, Steve Hsieh wrote: > > Can someone tell me if there is a boot-floppies package for hamm yet? The > current one depends on libc5-pic and ncurses3.0-pic -- neither of which > exist in hamm. not yet -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wo