----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Floppy install???
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > Try the following URL:
> > http://www.toms.net/rb/
> >
> > You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation from
> > a network.
> >
> I ran into a situation this weekend where Tom's root/boot
> disk might have helped... IF it supports SCSI. DOES Tom's
> Root/Boot disk support SCSI drives? I had some problems
> booting my system last weekend and wanted to run e2fsck on
> the SCSI drive, but didn't have my system boot floppy which
> has a kernel with SCSI support on it, and the RedHat boot &
> rescue disks don't support SCSI, so I was in trouble.
You can modify your boot disk to act as a rescue disk. Essentially, you want the
appropriate tools on the floppy and need to modify init.rd to make the floppy mount as
/ rather than /dev/hdx.
Hoyt
"Preparation for a disaster is 110% of it."
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