On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:56:10AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2009-01-01 09:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> >> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command.
> >
> > I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrit
>>> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command.
>>
>> I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrite GRUB,
>> which resides in the boot sector of the disk, having
>> no effect on the properties of the first partition.
>
> No, it won't. The sys command only changes the bootsecto
On 2009-01-01 09:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> You must install the DOS bootloader with the "sys" command.
>
> I believe the DOS bootloader will simply overwrite GRUB,
> which resides in the boot sector of the disk, having
> no effect
On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 09:25:55AM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2009-01-01 05:51 +0100, A. F. Cano wrote:
>
> > On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one
> > on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was
> > mounted from a usb carrier. Then I mo
On 2009-01-01 05:51 +0100, A. F. Cano wrote:
> On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one
> on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was
> mounted from a usb carrier. Then I moved it to the main drive caddy
> and installed Lenny in the rest of the
On Wednesday 2008 December 31 22:51:12 A. F. Cano wrote:
> This is not a bootable disk, Please mount a bootable floppy and
> press any key to try again...
>
> Do I need to run something from DOS? What am I missing?
Probably just need to toggle the bootable flag on the partition.
--
Boyd Stephen
Hello, and happy new year to all,
On a brand new HD, I made a small partition (32M) exactly like the one
on the old disk. Copied (with tar) the contents as the drive was
mounted from a usb carrier. Then I moved it to the main drive caddy
and installed Lenny in the rest of the drive. Grub recogn
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