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 1.4m
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
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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 di
On Sunday 09 February 2003 05:41 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
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> 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 => bootd
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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
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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
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
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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 d
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:
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
> > >
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
> >
>
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 t
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.
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 imag
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 partit
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
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
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Made some hardware adjustments and everything is working fine now.
Thanks for the help!
Steve
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> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 12:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA?
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> On Sunday 07 Ja
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> On Sunday 07 Ja
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.
ve an Abit KT7-RAID motherboard
Thank you,
Steve
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Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk for Corp Server 1.1 that enables DMA?
On Friday 05 Ja
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 usi
, 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, b
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
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 P
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 f
Barry
Use Drak Conf /DrakBoot to create a boot disk
Charles
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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 Automat
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]>
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>Subject:
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 han
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 m
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
"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
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
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From: Jeremy Weiss <[EMAIL
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 w
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 suspec
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
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
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. E
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:
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
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
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
On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Hi Group:
> Downloaded: boot-RHEA-1999_044.img file from Redhat.com to clean up rh
> 6.1. Started install of redhat with new boot disk, goes through
> language and keyboard, then calls for boot disk, I hit enter: linux
> says: cannot mount floppy. Is it me? or
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 us
On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Matt Stegman wrote:
> > 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 mai
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
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 posti
> 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
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 t
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
> 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
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?
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 3:13 PM
Subje
Amit Khandelwal wrote:
>
> 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
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
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From: Amit Khandelwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, Au
there are most likely hidden system files on them. In dos or dos window
type:
attrib a:*.*
that will give you a list of the hidden files.
If they are revealed type attrib or attrib /? to get a list of commands
and use the attrib commands to remove the attributes and the delete the
file
Amit Khandelwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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 tr
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
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
command "rawrite.exe" ...it will ask where the image file is...on re
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 ques
hite <[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 p
Used the Red Hat 5.2 boot disk I had on my Mandrake 5.3 install with no
problems.
Jeanette
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Boot disk
>Don
The Red Hat is the same
John
Michael Scottaline wrote:
> 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 a
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.
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