Re: [newbie] Boot disk
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 04:22 pm, Roy Babin wrote: How can I create a boot disk? Followed the manual for Mandrake10. but cannot create one. Any Help appreciated. Thank Roy You can use your first CD or you can make a CD. The kernel and needed files are much to big to fit on a 1.4mb floppy. 'mkrescue --iso' (from 'man mkrescue') Create an ISO-9660 bootable CD image (El Torito Format) suitable for burning to a CD-R or CD-RW. The --device specification defaults to the filename rescue.iso, and the --size defaults to 2880. A utility such as cdrecord may be used to burn the ISO file to a recordable CD medium. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Boot disk
How can I create a boot disk? Followed the manual for Mandrake10. but cannot create one. Any Help appreciated. ThankRoy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Boot disk (floppy)
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:35, Russ wrote: Where do I go to make a boot disk for this configuration in case something goes haywire? #mkbootdisk $(uname -r) Sharrea -- You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. -- Dean Martin -- Mandrake Linux 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Boot disk (floppy)
Where do I go to make a boot disk for this configuration in case something goes haywire? Thanks Russ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot disk (floppy)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 February 2003 08:35 pm, Russ wrote: Where do I go to make a boot disk for this configuration in case something goes haywire? Mandrake Control Center = boot = bootdisk - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RwNnwDpHP6GALAARAnM6AJ9c+H4LZr5m/CdgpK4bQuCIHEdxSwCgibV5 qaiLlRxN+whY9KbienOdiyo= =ebiB -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot disk (floppy)
On Sunday 09 February 2003 05:41 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 February 2003 08:35 pm, Russ wrote: Where do I go to make a boot disk for this configuration in case something goes haywire? Mandrake Control Center = boot = bootdisk I have to say that I did not get a bootable bootdisk from there. I was lucky however to have the other boot levels in LILO. Rob -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot disk (floppy)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 February 2003 10:11 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: I have to say that I did not get a bootable bootdisk from there. I was lucky however to have the other boot levels in LILO. Anytime I created a boot floppy here it was because the floppy disk turned out to be defective, not because the utility was defective. Anyway, it is always a good idea to test it before you rely on it. - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+RyrawDpHP6GALAARAsLDAJ99TzloFq/e5ZHlPdIlbH71KQAC9wCeKYFt xxaz5GzTi5YMqgZXSz0SdAU= =vpl2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot disk
I tried making a boot disk for mandrake 8.1 with the program when i tried the floppie it did not work,between the printer not working and now the boot disk program not working i getting ready to go back to microshaft windows,any ideas to help with either problem copu and printer compaq
[newbie] Boot disk failure
I have Windows Xp, and want to boot to MandrakeLinux 8.1 using a boot disk. The boot disk that was made during the installation does not work. It come up with this message: Could not find ramdisk image: initrid.img. Now what do I do? Apparantly, this is a common problem. Is there somewhere on the Internet that I can download a workable boot for a floppy? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot disk failure
On Thursday 31 January 2002 06:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Windows Xp, and want to boot to MandrakeLinux 8.1 using a boot disk. The boot disk that was made during the installation does not work. It come up with this message: Could not find ramdisk image: initrid.img. Now what do I do? Apparantly, this is a common problem. Is there somewhere on the Internet that I can download a workable boot for a floppy? Thanks Boot from the first LM cd and hit F1 at the prompt then type rescue enter without the quotes. Now type chroot /mnt/# runs from / on your hard disk cd /boot# change to the /boot dir mkinitrd /boot/initrd-[kernel].img [kernel version] # create initrd.img file (eg.) mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk.img 2.4.8-26mdk ln -s initrd-[kernel].img initrd.img#create a link to the new initrd.img file Insert the boot disk you have already made (with the missing initrd) mount /mnt/floppy # you may need to mount your floppy drive # first (I'm not sure) cp initrd-[kernel].img /mnt/floppy # copy the initrd to your boot disk Now you should be able to boot from the boot floppy. Good luck. skinky -- oxymoron: Microsoft Works Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
On Friday 18 January 2002 06:05 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: mkinitrd /boot/[initrd image] [new kernel version] mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk.img 2.4.8-26mdk Thank, Tom -- Charles already set me straight, but it's appreciated. Robin M. Weare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
On Thursday 17 January 2002 06:50 pm, Robin M.Weare wrote: On Thursday 17 January 2002 05:27 am, Charles wrote: Yes mine did not either. The initrd.img file is missing in /boot. You need to run mkinitrd (see man mkinitrd or just enter mkinitrd for help). My command looks looks this: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk 2.4.8-26mdk. After the initrd.img file is made, you must copy it to your boot floppy. Thanks, Charles -- I've had the exact same problem. However, there's a piece of information I don't have here. When I issue that command, what gets put into /boot is initrd-2.4.8-26mdk (duh), which is NOT an .img file. mkinitrd /boot/[initrd image] [new kernel version] mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk.img 2.4.8-26mdk -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work NOW: you got troubles?
Brian Parish wrote: John, Try becoming root first. Brian On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 15:04, John Rigby wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:37, your wisdom was such..: ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made MY M8.0 doesn't even acknowledge the existence of mkbootdisk !!! Cheers, John It is possible in 8.1 to generate unworkable boot disks, depending on your run-time configuration. It can be that the initrd won't fit all the modules that will be needed. (FOR EXAMPLE: Install an 8.1 system with XFS for all partitions--Booting from the boot disk you can generate will not work, if you can even generate one.) The problem is space. You can roll up a kernel close to 1M and then try to add a bunch of modules to support your machine in an initrd that blows away the space available on a floppy. A boot disk is needed these days only if you do not intend to use a bootloader of any description. You do not need it for rescue purposes, because that function is on the CD (hit F1 at the splash screen and type rescue without the quotes). If your / partition is ext2 or ext3 then the rescue operation will even find the partition and put it on /mnt for you so that chroot /mnt runs from your / on hard disk mkbootdisk will not make a boot floppy from an LS120 drive (still) though it will make a boot LS120 cartridge. With a few more sectors per track and with a few extra tracks, it is possible to make a floppy of the 1.44M kind into 1.7, but this has been known to physically damage some floppy drives who tried to write it (almost all seem able to read it), so the problem remains with space. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot with them gives this error on boot: Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine. I have AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV mobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yes mine did not either. The initrd.img file is missing in /boot. You need to run mkinitrd (see man mkinitrd or just enter mkinitrd for help). My command looks looks this: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk 2.4.8-26mdk. After the initrd.img file is made, you must copy it to your boot floppy. HTH Charles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot with them gives this error on boot: Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine. I have AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV mobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Yes mine did not either. The initrd.img file is missing in /boot. You need to run mkinitrd (see man mkinitrd or just enter mkinitrd for help). My command looks looks this: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk 2.4.8-26mdk. After the initrd.img file is made, you must copy it to your boot floppy. HTH Charles I found that if I open a terminal I can create a boot disk that works fine, simply by using the mkbootdisk command as follows: mkbootdisk 2.4.8-26mdk I also had the problem with the boot disk made during the installation as well as by using Drakfloppy. Rick -- Rick Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (212) 894-3753 x1212 - voicemail/fax He's dead, Jim. You get his wallet. I'll get his tricorder. __ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work
On Thursday 17 January 2002 05:27 am, Charles wrote: Yes mine did not either. The initrd.img file is missing in /boot. You need to run mkinitrd (see man mkinitrd or just enter mkinitrd for help). My command looks looks this: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.8-26mdk 2.4.8-26mdk. After the initrd.img file is made, you must copy it to your boot floppy. Thanks, Charles -- I've had the exact same problem. However, there's a piece of information I don't have here. When I issue that command, what gets put into /boot is initrd-2.4.8-26mdk (duh), which is NOT an .img file. What exactly am I supposed to do here to make an image file out of it? If I reboot, will it magically create one? Or what? I know I'm revealing my abysmal ignorance here, but there's something I don't understand. Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work NOW: you got troubles?
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:37, your wisdom was such..: ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made MY M8.0 doesn't even acknowledge the existence of mkbootdisk !!! Cheers, John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work NOW: you got troubles?
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:04:39 +1000 John Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:37, your wisdom was such..: ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made MY M8.0 doesn't even acknowledge the existence of mkbootdisk !!! Cheers, John or it isnt installed. or only root has access to it. ;-) -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk doesn't work NOW: you got troubles?
John, Try becoming root first. Brian On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 15:04, John Rigby wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:37, your wisdom was such..: ai4a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shipahoy wrote: Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made MY M8.0 doesn't even acknowledge the existence of mkbootdisk !!! Cheers, John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot disk doesn't work
Hi My Mandrake 8.1 boot disk doesn't work. This includes the one made on installation and any I make from Mandrake Control Centre. Trying to boot with them gives this error on boot: Could not find ramdisk image: initrd.img The boot disk for my Redhat 7.1 partition works fine. I have AMD Duron 800 Soltek SL-75MAV mobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot disk with grub
Hi everyone, Windows is not able to boot, I was going to reintall it, so I tested my linux floppy boot disk (the one created while linux was installed). The disk is booting with LILO instead of grub and it doesn't complete a succesfull boot. How can I create a grub boot disk? Thanks in advance!! Hugo
Re: [newbie] boot disk with grub
In your kmenu boot and init drakfloppy. -s On Tuesday 10 April 2001 11:07 am, you wrote: Hi everyone, Windows is not able to boot, I was going to reintall it, so I tested my linux floppy boot disk (the one created while linux was installed). The disk is booting with LILO instead of grub and it doesn't complete a succesfull boot. How can I create a grub boot disk? Thanks in advance!! Hugo
Re: [newbie] boot disk
To all, To create a boot disk to install Mandrake7.2: In windows open the cdrom containing Mandrake72-inst.iso, go to folder images and copy cdrom.img into a formatted disk. Cheers Al __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA? On Sunday 07 January 2001 17:07, you wrote: I'm sorry, I am kind of new at all this I believe I mislead you in thinking that the system is already installed. It is not. I am trying to install corp server 1.1 on a box with 2 ata100 drives and I can't get corp server 1.1 to find the drives. What do I have to do to fix this? I have an Abit KT7-RAID motherboard Thank you, Steve OK There is I believe a standard 33 MHz ide channel on board Put an ide disk on that port and do a minimal install run "cat /proc/pci" from a console--you do not need X somewhere in the output you will see five numbers of a form like 0x9902 0xa740, and so on record the first two of these numbers and restore your setup to its original form to the second number add 2 in hexadecimal arithmetic. Now fire it up and at the splash screen hit F1 type in linux idebus=33 ide2=0x9902 0xa742 but use your numbers, not mine If you have two sets of 5 numbers, that's OK--one of them will be ide2 and the other ide3 which is which? Well, it doesn't hurt to experiment on that since nothing is committed til the install is done. Now it should see your controller but limit it to 33MHz for the install. And, you need to put the ide2= and perhaps ide3= to the append at the bootloader step of install as well. It will not be possibel to make corporate server see the ATA/100 drives as 100s--66 is the limit for that kernel. Corporate servers are not issued on the same schedule as desktops and are based on proven software exclusively. The reasons for this are marketing-based Server customers are usually large systems who don't like to upgrade every 4-6 months. Civileme Thanks! I'll give it a try. Steve
Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA?
On Friday 05 January 2001 17:42, you wrote: Is there an updated boot img for corp server 1.1 that will enable dma access as the new 7.2 boot img does? Umm, just add idex=autotune #where x is the number of the channel # you want to be optimized to the "append" blank using DrakBoot Or hdparm -Xmn /dev/hda # where mn=64+mode number for udma or 32+mode number for mdma at the end of /etc/rc.local You do NOT have udma5 available in the kernel, that came with 7.2, but up to udma4 you should be OK. I assume you have a newer chipset otherwise hdparm -X may also require some care, like writing to a safe area of the disk to test the writing first. But the modern chipsets for 686 class processors should have no problem with hdparm -X Civileme TIA Steve
[newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA?
Is there an updated boot img for corp server 1.1 that will enable dma access as the new 7.2 boot img does? TIA Steve
Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Kernel 2.4
Problem is that the boot disk uses the same ro similiar kernel and so locks up at the exact same place. Even if I run linux in single user or maintaince mode, it locks up at the same point every time. So what I need is a boot disk/image for 2.4. I can get he source from kernel.org, but cant compile it, I cant get the RPM from mandrake, but cant extract the compiled kernel from the RPM in windows ( at least to my knowledge there isnt a windows RPM package ), so I am stuck. My only hope for linux seems to be wait, yet again, for a further release of mandrake which includes the 2.4 kernel. A question for all you linux folk, but first let me say I am very keen on linux, hence my efforst to get it running over the last year. My question is how can linux be expected to complete with other operating systems if it just hangs and locks every time there is something it doesnt like ? Even windows, which I freely admit has been the bane of alsmost all my troubles, does not just hang on unknown hardware. It might be take extreme sweat and frustration to get it to recnigse a peice of hardware, but the lack of a driver does not disrupt the rest of the OS ( assuming its not somethiugn essential like a CPU ) Similiar comments for Beos etc..., only linux seems unfriendly to my system to the determent of the enitre OS. Thanks for the response. - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Kernel 2.4 On Sunday 24 December 2000 13:49, you wrote: Hi I have been unable to get any of the 2.2 kernels to work, they just hang on boot-up. I want to try some of the beta 2.4 kernels, but since I cant get into linux, I cant install them,. Is there any way to make a boot disk with the 2.4 kernel, which will boot into the current install of 7.2 ? Thanks Cheers Do you still have the boot disk you made when you installed Mandrake to begin with? Use that one to get in and then do what you have to do to make a boot disk for the newer kernel. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
[newbie] Boot disk for Kernel 2.4
Hi I have been unable to get any of the 2.2 kernels to work, they just hang on boot-up. I want to try some of the beta 2.4 kernels, but since I cant get into linux, I cant install them,. Is there any way to make a boot disk with the 2.4 kernel, which will boot into the current install of 7.2 ? Thanks Cheers
Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Kernel 2.4
On Sunday 24 December 2000 13:49, you wrote: Hi I have been unable to get any of the 2.2 kernels to work, they just hang on boot-up. I want to try some of the beta 2.4 kernels, but since I cant get into linux, I cant install them,. Is there any way to make a boot disk with the 2.4 kernel, which will boot into the current install of 7.2 ? Thanks Cheers Do you still have the boot disk you made when you installed Mandrake to begin with? Use that one to get in and then do what you have to do to make a boot disk for the newer kernel. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
[newbie] Boot Disk
I know I've seen this here, but I've lost all of the archives of messaging for the past few days. How do I create a new bootdisk for a new kernel version? Is there an easy way from the desktop (KDE), or is there a command manually to do this? Thanks. Harry -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Linux System 80769
[newbie] Boot Disk
My first installation of 7.1 went well. I selected the Automatic mode and it had no problem finding my hardware. The only part that did not execute during installation was the "Create a Boot Disk". After adding the user, the screen flashed by until it displayed the "Configuring X" screen. Can I configure a boot disk from DrakConf, or do I have to go to the "How-To"? Barry
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk
Barry Use Drak Conf /DrakBoot to create a boot disk Charles - Original Message - From: "Barry Premeaux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: [newbie] Boot Disk My first installation of 7.1 went well. I selected the Automatic mode and it had no problem finding my hardware. The only part that did not execute during installation was the "Create a Boot Disk". After adding the user, the screen flashed by until it displayed the "Configuring X" screen. Can I configure a boot disk from DrakConf, or do I have to go to the "How-To"? Barry
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: Barry Use Drak Conf /DrakBoot to create a boot disk Charles - Original Message - From: "Barry Premeaux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: [newbie] Boot Disk My first installation of 7.1 went well. I selected the Automatic mode and it had no problem finding my hardware. The only part that did not execute during installation was the "Create a Boot Disk". After adding the user, the screen flashed by until it displayed the "Configuring X" screen. Can I configure a boot disk from DrakConf, or do I have to go to the "How-To"? Barry Thanks, I'll try it. -- Barry :-)
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: Barry Use Drak Conf /DrakBoot to create a boot disk Charles even easier, stick a decent disk in the floppy drive and type 'mkbootdisk $(uname -r)' in a console (as root) - Original Message - From: "Barry Premeaux" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: [newbie] Boot Disk My first installation of 7.1 went well. I selected the Automatic mode and it had no problem finding my hardware. The only part that did not execute during installation was the "Create a Boot Disk". After adding the user, the screen flashed by until it displayed the "Configuring X" screen. Can I configure a boot disk from DrakConf, or do I have to go to the "How-To"? Barry -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] boot disk won't boot
On Wednesday, May 31, 2000 5:00 AM, Andrew Scotchmer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote: I created the boot disk during installation and it won't boot. Can you boot other systems from floppy ie: Windoze? If not press F2 ( or F1, I can't remember off hand ) during Bios to enter setup mode and add the floopy drive as one of the bootable options. Otherwise I haven't got a clue 8^) -- Andrew Blackburn England --In the pursuit of knowledge Everyday something is aquired-- (Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching) ICQ 50762100 I had the same problem with my boot disk that I dl'ed from the mandrake site. What I did was when the iso was done, I wrote the cdrom.img from the CD as the boot disk, instead of the one I downloaded... after that, it works! Hope that helps
Re: [newbie] boot disk won't boot
HI Andrew: Windoze boots fine, the Linux will say 'L..I..L..O...then says Linux.then error 0X10. my computer is setup to boot from CD, floppy then HD. edison From: Andrew Scotchmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] boot disk won't boot Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 11:59:37 +0100 On Tue, 30 May 2000, you wrote: I created the boot disk during installation and it won't boot. Can you boot other systems from floppy ie: Windoze? If not press F2 ( or F1, I can't remember off hand ) during Bios to enter setup mode and add the floopy drive as one of the bootable options. Otherwise I haven't got a clue 8^) -- Andrew Blackburn England --In the pursuit of knowledge Everyday something is aquired-- (Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching) ICQ 50762100 Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] boot disk won't boot
I created the boot disk during installation and it won't boot. Message is; error 0X10. I tried viewing the files inside under Linux and message says 'can't read the files' but I can read other disks. thanks for ur help in advance. edison Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk Version 6.5
If your computer can boot from cd-rom...the cd is bootable, never even had the floppy in the drive. Check your bios. Hi all I have corrupted my distribution boot disk, and need to rebuild same. While I have been able to make one using rawrite - it seems unable to test for all hardware on my machine - Soundcard, modem etc Is at possible that someone knows where I can get a list of the files on that original disk and possibly download the same. I've been lurking here for a while now and see some really useful hints and fixes coming thru - keep it up folks.. Cheers John
[newbie] Boot Disk, Instructions for Use?
Would someone please direct me to online instructions for using a Mandrake boot disk on Mandrake 7.0? Even better would be instructions here on how to use one. I just made a boot disk using mkbootdisk kernel where kernel was taken from the output of uname -a. I rebooted from the floppy, and typed "rescue" at the lilo prompt, and got the response: Kernel Panic: No init found: Try passing init=option to kernel. I am not sure what this means, and don't know how to proceed. I suspect that I can research this by reading up on lilo, but booting from a floppy does seem like a newbie kind of question, right? I RTFM and found nothing relevant in the Table of Contents of either the User or Reference Manual for 7.0. TIA, John
[newbie] boot disk
Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com
Re: [newbie] boot disk
yes, this is what i do! when i installed linux i placed the partition boot loader on a rescue disk that i made, during the install as well! when I place the rescue / partition disk in; it loads LILO! And then lets me load LiNuX! -Julien - Original Message - From: Jeremy Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 11:32 AM Subject: [newbie] boot disk Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com
Re: [[newbie] boot disk]
"Jeremy Weiss" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? Sure, but why not have your boot loader do that for you. If your using Bootmagic, or LILO, you can set Win9x as the default, but select linux when you prefer. Much faster than a boot disk. If you really have your heart set on using a floppy boot disk, just do an fdisk/mbr to set the MBR back to original windows state. Then insert the boot disk before booting when you want linux. I still think letting the bootloader do the work is easier and faster. HTH, Mike "What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?" --W. C. Fields Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] boot disk
Oh yes, just instead of installing lilo, make a bootdisk with the lilo on it, and do not install lilo into your master boot record, tell it to install it in the --- uhh whats that called the root superblock--- instead of the master boot record, like for example instead of making the lilo.conf file say /dev/hda it should say /dev/hda1 for example and so your boot record remains untouched by lilo, instead the lilo booting is on the floppy, and if I were you I would make 2 or 3 copies of this floppy so in case one gets bunged up, you will still have 2 more. On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Jeremy Weiss mewed: Is there any way to have my pc boot into windows 98 by default, and when I put in a disk, it will boot into linux? ___ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
[newbie] Boot Disk Version 6.5
Hi all I have corrupted my distribution boot disk, and need to rebuild same. While I have been able to make one using rawrite - it seems unable to test for all hardware on my machine - Soundcard, modem etc Is at possible that someone knows where I can get a list of the files on that original disk and possibly download the same. I've been lurking here for a while now and see some really useful hints and fixes coming thru - keep it up folks.. Cheers John
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk Version 6.5
At 21:54 11 03 2000 -0500, you wrote: are you using MacMillian Software version 6.5? If so, I have one... as a matter of fact...there should also be one on your CD...in IMAGES Yes you are correct - there is an image on the CD - and I've used that to get the system running - however - I suspect there may be something a little different about the distrib boot disk because it just doesn't even begin to detect the sound card, the modem or the my network card. OR maybe - there's another method for doing this once I have Linux installed ?? I'm not exactly new to massaging operating systems - but this implementation does seem to be a little ??different??. My knowledge of unix is rather old now (10 yrs or so) - So I have a heap of re-learning to do. Any help on this would be much appreciated... Cheers
Re: [newbie] Boot Disk Version 6.5
once you are running linux...go into LINUXCONF...and re-edit your boot sequence...to boot directly into linux...AGAIN... but before doing that...run "soundconf" for your soundcard. think it's in /usr/bin...but check around... as for your network card...not sure...never had one to setup John Rye wrote: At 21:54 11 03 2000 -0500, you wrote: are you using MacMillian Software version 6.5? If so, I have one... as a matter of fact...there should also be one on your CD...in IMAGES Yes you are correct - there is an image on the CD - and I've used that to get the system running - however - I suspect there may be something a little different about the distrib boot disk because it just doesn't even begin to detect the sound card, the modem or the my network card. OR maybe - there's another method for doing this once I have Linux installed ?? I'm not exactly new to massaging operating systems - but this implementation does seem to be a little ??different??. My knowledge of unix is rather old now (10 yrs or so) - So I have a heap of re-learning to do. Any help on this would be much appreciated... Cheers -- KompuKit= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 7110071 HomePage: http://kwg.virtualave.net/kwg Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.myip.org (does not run 24/7) KompuKit=
Re: [newbie] boot disk and cd help
I can't seem to get Linux to see my NIC card.. i use a cable modem and need this... its a 3com etherlink lx... how do i get the driver and how do i put it in :) ] A REAL newbie
[newbie] boot disk and cd help
When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd. Everything starts fine, until it asks where I will be installing it from (hard drive or cd). So I choose cd and it says it is initializing cd rom and it then stops, it either never finds it or whatever . The cd rom is G but I don't think that the location would matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
RE: [newbie] boot disk and cd help
IfI recall, you run MAKEDISK and tell it you want the boot.img file, not the cdrom.img .. I loaned my linux book out, but you will find it Alan ** Original Subject: RE: [newbie] boot disk and cd help ** Original Sender: Cory Wagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Original Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:51:42 EST ** Original Message follows... When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd. Everything starts fine, until it asks where I will be installing it from (hard drive or cd). So I choose cd and it says it is initializing cd rom and it then stops, it either never finds it or whatever . The cd rom is G but I don't think that the location would matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ** - End Original Message --- **
Re: [newbie] boot disk and cd help
Op za, 05 feb 2000, schreef u: When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd. Everything starts fine, until it asks where I will be installing it from (hard drive or cd). So I choose cd and it says it is initializing cd rom and it then stops, it either never finds it or whatever . The cd rom is G but I don't think that the location would matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I had the same problem. Made the install-disk with dosutils/rawrite.exe (dos). Works fine now.
Re: [newbie] boot disk and cd help
I downloaded the ISO image and had the same problem with rawwritten. If you notice, the dosutils directory also has the older rawrite.exe available. Use this to make a boot disk. It worked for me. On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: To fix the cd boot problem, download the iso image (from an "iso" directory on an ftp server) and boot that one. If you did use an iso image then I don't know what the problem is. Don't know about the Lib 16 either. DvB On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Cory Wagner wrote: When I try and make a boot disk with rawwritten I keep getting a (Load Library 16 failed) error. I have 7.0 on cd and browse to the location of the cdrom.img and I keep getting that error. So I then went into changed bios to install directly from the cd. Everything starts fine, until it asks where I will be installing it from (hard drive or cd). So I choose cd and it says it is initializing cd rom and it then stops, it either never finds it or whatever . The cd rom is G but I don't think that the location would matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[newbie] BOOT DISK-partition problems
Find another pc and create a win98 boot disk and copy a copy files onto it also, you probably already know this but I'll state it for those who may not know. Create a boot disk for the appropriate OS, copy some additional files such as edit.com, qbasic.exe, fdisk.exe, format.exe, and so forth, insert and attempt to boot, fdisk to verify partition is intact, reboot and try to start windows from the boot disk, you'll have to create an autoexec.bat and a config.sys, but this is rather simple, add a few lines such as path, mscdex..etc and see if you can boot to windows, then go into boot magic or whatever boot loader you are using and disable it so you can only boot to windows, then do a good backup and reinstall windows and other services to help have a dual boot system.hope this helpedTony
Re: [newbie] boot disk image prob.
Happy New Year Greetings Axalon: Just sent this to a member of my local linux users group. Been working many hours trying to do this! Hi alan: Thanks for your private reply. I tried what you suggested and RedHat still loads Gnome (which is beginning to grow on me). This is the sequence that I used. 1. Downl. boot-RHEA-1999_044 from: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHEA1999045-01.html 2. rawrite the image file to a flop. 3. bios priority a: first 4. left the boot flop. in a: and cd in cdrom and ctrl-alt-del 5. linux boots, I enter: 'text' then hit enter ((even though the RedHat site says: linux updates (install stops)) 6. Gnome comes up. From the site: When booting into the anaconda installation program, type "linux updates" at the boot prompt, followed by any other installation options which are required (such as "expert" or "text"). The installation process will prompt you to insert the updates disk when it is required, and the install will then proceed as normal. That does not work. inputing "linux updates" stops the install and there are no prompt for "text" or "expert"! Unless you enter "text" first, then you will get gnome. I remember earlier in text installs (I've been working on it almost half a day) I remember seeing: insert update disk or something like that, but I can't seem to recreate the sequence. I'm going to try a straight install from cd again to see if it comes up. I'm pretty sure I've done all the sequences, but I still could be missing something. I'll keep you posted Chris W. Happy New Year.
Re: [newbie] boot disk image prob.
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, you wrote: I am running Mandrake RH 6.1 and am unable to get a rescue disk working. Documentation says the image is on the CD - but it isn't. Anyone have any ideas? mkbootdisk creates a bootable floppy but no valid rescue. The "rescue" disk that ships with Mandrake is supposed to be "Tom's Root/Boot" disk. I like RedHat's boot rescue disks. Find 'em on virtually any RedHat mirror under the /images directory. John
Re: [newbie] boot disk image prob.
Sam Silverman wrote: I am running Mandrake RH 6.1 and am unable to get a rescue disk working. Documentation says the image is on the CD - but it isn't. Anyone have any ideas? mkbootdisk creates a bootable floppy but no valid rescue. Regards, Sam Silverman ftp://ftp.cdrom.com /pub/linux/redhat/old-releases/redhat-6.0/i386/images/rescue.img This one works with my Mandrake 6.1 boot disk.
Re: [newbie] boot disk image prob.
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, chris wakefield wrote: Happy New Year Greetings Axalon: Just sent this to a member of my local linux users group. Been working many hours trying to do this! Hi alan: Thanks for your private reply. I tried what you suggested and RedHat still loads Gnome (which is beginning to grow on me). Now this is easy to fix.. you've got it installed an everything just change the defaults. /etc/X11/prefdm will either be a script (mdk systems) or a symlink to the prefered *dm (last redhat i saw up close) if it's a symlink update it. ln -sf ../../usr/bin/kdm prefdm and edit the system default in /etc/sysconfig/desktop no boot disk needed just "linux 1" at the boot prompt and "init 6" when your all done. Unless they really screwed something up of course..
Re: [Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down]
Thank you for not using HTML. It is appreciated, but, when someone responds as this person did, it is not at all acceptable. We are not whining about HTML, we are expecting a level of good net ettiquet when it comes to using a mail list. This is the same ettiquet expected on a news group. The use of HTML in these two media is inconsiderate and impolite, and since the vast majority of those using this mail list have been on the net from Windoze, it is not unreasonable to expect that they will observe good manners when requesting assistance. After all, if you ask your neighbor to do something for you, will you ask in a manner that will make it more dificult for the neighbor to be of assistance? That would not be reasonable. And if a user has such a low level of self respect that being instructed to turn off the HTML is offensive to said user, then said user really needs to work on self esteem. Flames will not improve either the user's self image, or the chances for recieving assistance. Well that's my position on this subject, Ernie On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Jaguar wrote: BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I can agree with some of his opinion. Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. So either quit whining about the use of HTML, or get a better Mail reader Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down
First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. How are you booting into the installation? Off the CD, or do you use a boot floppy? Also, it would be nice to quote exactly any error text you get. You're right - vague desciptions of errors aren't too often useful. In my experience, when you change the default settings for LILO in the installation, you usually get problems. You might do well to take the default and change it after you get your system running. Regarding errors, you'll find them on the third and fourth consoles, I think (been too long since I last re-installed). Too see them, press Alt-F3 or Alt-F4 at any time. To get back to the install (which runs on virtual console 1), press Alt-F1. Can you tell us anything more? -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, granduke wrote: Hi everyone, this is the first time I get on list. I have tried to install Mandrake 6.0 on my Pentium, 2Gb, computer without success. Two main problems occcur me: first - when the installation process gets to the rescue disk step it doesn't seem to find a diskette driver (the light doesn't turn on at any moment) and then obliges me to ommit this step. Second - After the diskette driver problem has occured LILO is not able to install itself, I have tryed all possible options given in the installation menus. My hard disk is recognized by LBA mode. So, after all these things I have all inside but I'm not able to reboot because I have no LILO installed nor a system disk to boot from. Can anyone help me?? I guess I will have tu put on some more information in order to bring you a consistent clue, but at the moment my knowledge about Linux is limited so when you were so kind to do so ask me whatever you find necessary. Thank you very much in advance
Re: [Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down]
BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I can agree with some of his opinion. Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. So either quit whining about the use of HTML, or get a better Mail reader Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down]
BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML This one doesn't seem to be, but... Today, I'm using Pine (ver 3.96L) to read my mail. Depending on where I am and what my computer is booted to, I may use Pine ver 4.10 or TkRat (ver 1.2) to read my mail. Depemnding on how things are sent, it either takes me a lot of trouble to read HTML mail, or it's as easy to read as plain text mail. With Pine 3.96L, the HTML either shows up as an attachment beneath the plain text version, ot both the plain text and HTML show up as attachments to an empty mail. When both are attachments, I won't read it, unless the subject line really interests me. When it takes no extra effort to read plain text, I'll read it and suggest that the poster turn off HTML in the future, as a courtesy. When using Pine 4.10, HTML is interpreted and displayed fine. No additional attachments are shown. Thus, unless the sender throws in a link or something, I almost can't tell that HTML is being used. TkRat works a lot like the older Pine, except it's easier to read attachments. By default, the "source code" of the attchment is shown, so when it'a plain text there's no effort required. HTML is a little more difficult to read, but I can usually parse it okay. Still, if someone uses HTML, I'll rebuke them (hopefully in a polite manner). The post I was responding to had an attachment of type "text/HTML". I assumed this was a duplicate version of the mail, only formatted in HTML for those mailers that can read it. This prompted me to suggest turning off HTML in the mailer. About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I can agree with some of his opinion. I suppose so, but from what I hear, mail clients are in use that are even tougher than my old Pine on HTML mail- as in, it takes a LOT of extra effort to read it. So, it's easier for everyone if plain text is used. Not to mention that ASCII is the universal format. First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. So either quit whining about the use of HTML, or get a better Mail reader I like my mail readers just fine. Frankly, I see no reason to switch just because someone can't take a little time to be courteous. I try to stay away from flame wars, but as has been said plenty of time before, HTML eats up bandwith and offers little in the way of necessary features. Most of the time, what few extra features it offers are raely used. Punctuation can emphasize just as well as boldness or italics. I see no reason to use HTML when plain text suffices just as well, while retaining more compatibility and making less fuss. If you insist, I can quit whining about the use of HTML; from here on out I'll just ignore it. Less effort for me, certainly. Not too long ago, Civileme posted that he forsees this list degenerating into two lists- those who post in and respond to HTML, and those who don't. I hope that doesn't happen; I'd hate for anyone to be restricted to helping only a certain group of people. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down]
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, you wrote: BTW this is NOT being sent in HTML About the guy who flamed getting flamed re: being TOLD to turn off HTML...I can agree with some of his opinion. Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First tip: turn off HTML in your mail client when posting to this list. Plenty of us use mail clients that don't handle HTML too well, and tend to disregard posts using HTML- or flame those who use it. So either quit whining about the use of HTML, or get a better Mail reader NoYOU turn off HTML. If you expect help from this list, you better start learning to turn off HTML, 'cause many of us ignore HTML posts. John
[newbie] boot disk LILO installation crash down
Hi everyone, this is the first time I get on list. I have tried to install Mandrake 6.0 on my Pentium, 2Gb, computer without success. Two main problems occcur me: first - when the installation process gets to the rescue disk step it doesn't seem to find a diskette driver (the light doesn't turn on at any moment) and then obliges me to ommit this step. Second - After the diskette driver problem has occured LILO is not able to install itself, I have tryed all possible options given in the installation menus. My hard disk is recognized by LBA mode. So, after all these things I have all inside but I'm not able to reboot because I have no LILO installed nor a system disk to boot from. Can anyone help me?? I guess I will have tu put on some more information in order to bring you a consistent clue, but at the moment my knowledge about Linux is limited so when you were so kind to do so ask me whatever you find necessary. Thank you very much in advance
[newbie] boot disk
i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next? thanks for the help
RE: [newbie] boot disk
You might want to try to do a virus scan on your system. There have been some that behaved this way. Otherwise, to write the img file to your floppy, do rawrite boot.img from dos (win95/98) Bill -Original Message- From: Amit Khandelwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] boot disk i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next? thanks for the help
Re: [newbie] boot disk
it shouldn't matter as long as you are using rawrite to write the image to the disk. so are you using 'rawrite' from the dosutils folder to create the disk? - Original Message - From: Amit Khandelwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 3:13 PM Subject: [newbie] boot disk i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next? thanks for the help
Re: [newbie] boot disk
i'm tryin gto install linux for teh first time and i have the image-ISO file stored on a CD-R that i burned. i tried to download the boot.img file to stick on a floppy disk, but the image file is 1.4MB and every disk that i have formatted and tried comes to 1.38MB--there is some whacked file that is taking up the space, but i can't delete it. i have tried 10 disks.. does anyone know how i can circumvent this problem. in addition, once/if i get the boot.img file, what do i do next? The disk may have a capacity of 1.4MB, but with the DOS/Windows formatting only 1.38MB is available to you. You can't just copy the file to the disk. You have to rawrite it to the disk (so that the image completely overwrites everything already on the disk--including the FAT).
[newbie] Boot disk creation
Hi, first time I've strayed from MS and I'm stuck. Six attempts to install 6.0 and they all hang at the mouseconfig screen. Apparently I have installed it but not configured it. Unfortunately I didn't get to the creation of the bootdisk so my question is how to do this from DOS in the hopes that I can then boot to Linux and try to configure it from there. Thanks, Colin. Colin Reynolds Fort McMurray Alberta Canada
Re: [newbie] Boot disk creation
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote: Hi, first time I've strayed from MS and I'm stuck. Six attempts to install 6.0 and they all hang at the mouseconfig screen. Apparently I have installed it but not configured it. Unfortunately I didn't get to the creation of the bootdisk so my question is how to do this from DOS in the hopes that I can then boot to Linux and try to configure it from there. Get the program rawrite (usually on the CDROM) and get two images: 1) the boot.img and 2) the emergency.img. You'll need two blank floppies (preferably new so you KNOW they're good!) and you just type "rawrite imagename.img a:" and it'll create that boot disk and rescue disk for you. -- John Aldrich COL Tech Support === Chattanooga Online Internet 423-267-8867
Re: [newbie] Boot disk creation
except generally a dos prompt won't work, you have to reboot into dos mode. It's a memory addressing problem as far as I can tell. As a result, you can't do this from NT :-( Don -- On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote: when the floppy is formatted..it won't be bootable unless you do a full format.. a quick format won't be bootable. are you doing "rawrite" from a dos promt ? if not cd to the drive that is the cdrom then cd to \dosutils ...enter ccommand "rawrite.exe" ...it will ask where the image file is...on redhat it's \images\boot.img (i don't know about Mandrake" then it will ask where to copy... just type "a:" I had just asked a similiar question and this was the answer that worked for me. Thanks to the person who enlightened me so that I am able to help you! - Original Message - From: Colin Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 3:47 AM Subject: [newbie] Boot disk creation Hi, first time I've strayed from MS and I'm stuck. Six attempts to install 6.0 and they all hang at the mouseconfig screen. Apparently I have installed it but not configured it. Unfortunately I didn't get to the creation of the bootdisk so my question is how to do this from DOS in the hopes that I can then boot to Linux and try to configure it from there. Thanks, Colin. Colin Reynolds Fort McMurray Alberta Canada
[newbie] Boot disk
I recently ordered a Mandrake 5.3 disk from LinuxMall. Will I be able to use a boot disk that came with RH 5.2 to start the installation process, or will I need to create a Mandrake specific boot disk to get going??? Thanks for any advice you can give me. Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] Boot disk
Used the Red Hat 5.2 boot disk I had on my Mandrake 5.3 install with no problems. Jeanette -Original Message- From: Martin White [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:09 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk Don't quote me on this as i always boot straight from the CD (floppies are so slow these days !!), but i'm pretty sure you will need to create mandrake specific disks as the mandrake setup program is not the standard RH one. Martin. - Original Message - From: Michael Scottaline [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:50 PM Subject: [newbie] Boot disk I recently ordered a Mandrake 5.3 disk from LinuxMall. Will I be able to use a boot disk that came with RH 5.2 to start the installation process, or will I need to create a Mandrake specific boot disk to get going??? Thanks for any advice you can give me. Mike Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
