According to ^Mr^: While burning my CPU.
>
> i've just installed redhat5.2 and at the end of the installation ,
> it prompted me to create a bootdisk , so i selected yes , and it
> created a bootdisk ..
> when i booted using the bootdisk , it would show a lilo prompt for
> 10 secs where i could type linux single if i forgot my passwd
> .. somehow , i've lost my bootdisk , and i use loadlin from dos ..
> . how can i create the exact bootdisk that'll have a lilo prompt ?
>
To create a boot disk, it sounds like a LILO bootdisk, you can simply run
lilo, check your /etc/lilo.conf if it has a line as;
boot=/dev/fd0
Then simple type 'lilo' at the prompt, of corse instert a floppy into the
drive ;-)
If you dont have /etc/lilo.conf or you are not sure, the file underneath
should help as a guide line. Of course you will need to change the "root"
line to reflect to your partition where linux is situated, if you dont know
that check /etc/fstab for the line;
/dev/hd?? / ext2 defaults 1 1
Check also that the image=/boot/*** file is also correct.
/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/fd0
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=2.0.36
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
Anyway, if you want you could install LILO on your MBR and then boot from
you H/D, read the lilo README first, situated in /usr/doc/lilo-*** there are
other files containing more information on dual booting in
/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1883 Sep 11 1996 Linux+DOS+Win95
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9602 Sep 11 1996 Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12974 Jun 2 1996 Linux+OS2+DOS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9467 Jun 30 1996 Linux+Win95
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5633 Mar 3 1997 Linux+WinNT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5915 Jan 3 1997 Linux+WinNT++
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Regards Richard.
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