Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, you wrote: > uh... another question? is it true that a cd-booting bios should > present a menu if there are several boot images? or a special bios doing > so? or a program? > My SCSI CD presented me with a menu when I reinstalled Linux today. Despite the fact that there is on

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-15 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Marcos Dione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] A rescue CD > > uh... another question? is it true that a cd-booting bios should > present a menu if there are seve

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-15 Thread Bug Hunter
AFAIK, it is the boot image on the cdrom (which is the size of a floppy disk) which will contain the code that allows you to select separate boot images. IE: lilo. On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Marcos Dione wrote: > > uh... another question? is it true that a cd-booting bios should > present

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread root
Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Marcos Dione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] A rescue CD > > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > >

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread Marcos Dione
uh... another question? is it true that a cd-booting bios should present a menu if there are several boot images? or a special bios doing so? or a program? -- "No tire sus colillas en el mingitorio, las humedece y las hace dificil de encender" "Do not dump butts in the wc. They dampen a

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread Marcos Dione
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Hoyt wrote: > Assuming it is not, there's nothing to stop you from creating a 2.88MB floppy image >and copying tomsrtbt to it. > > Hoyt you're right! what an idiot thinking about it! thanks! -- "No tire sus colillas en el mingitorio, las humedece y las hace dific

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, you wrote: > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Tom's works just fine. It's similar to M$ factory floppies. > > John > > not at al... tom's, as I said, is 1700k size. And I read somewhere > that the boof images should

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Marcos Dione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [expert] A rescue CD > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Tom's

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread Marcos Dione
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Tom's works just fine. It's similar to M$ factory floppies. > John not at al... tom's, as I said, is 1700k size. And I read somewhere that the boof images should be either 1440k either 2880k... Am I right?

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Hoyt wrote: > > > Tomsrtbt would be a good bootable image to use for a rescue disk - you could fill >the CD with teh specific utilities you would need if tomsrtbt did not have them. > > er... IIRC, floppy images to make a boot cd shou

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-13 Thread Marcos Dione
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Hoyt wrote: > Tomsrtbt would be a good bootable image to use for a rescue disk - you could fill >the CD with teh specific utilities you would need if tomsrtbt did not have them. er... IIRC, floppy images to make a boot cd should be 1440 or 2880, and tom's root/boot

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-12 Thread Pj
I don't know anything about it, but Mondo Rescue with download is featured on Freshmeat today. http://www.freshmeat.net Pj Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Leopold Palomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 5:12 PM > Subject

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-12 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Brook humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [expert] A rescue CD > where dp you find this linuxcare cd I've looked on their site and can't > find it. > Requ

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-12 Thread duncan
http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/ Brook humphrey wrote: > where dp you find this linuxcare cd I've looked on their site and can't > find it. > > Hoyt wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > From: Leopold Palomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-12 Thread Brook humphrey
where dp you find this linuxcare cd I've looked on their site and can't find it. Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Leopold Palomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 5:12 PM > Subject: [expert] A rescue CD > > > Hi, > > > > I w

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-11 Thread duncan
I use a copy of demolinux http://www.demolinux.org Gives you everything and more that you could ever need. Dunc Hoyt wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Leopold Palomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 5:12 PM > Subject: [expert] A r

Re: [expert] A rescue CD

2000-04-11 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: Leopold Palomo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 5:12 PM Subject: [expert] A rescue CD > Hi, > > I would like to make a cd-rescue. It would be a cd with a simple > instaled system that you can have, and if you h