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Old 02-26-2006, 08:26 PM   #1
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Trying to boot GRUB from the floppy


Hey.
I'm trying to install Arch and to install GRUB from the floppy;i manage to edit the file on the installation process,but it won't give any option to install GRUB to the floppy. Isn't there anyway to surpass this?
The last time I installed i to the MBR,i couldn't boot WinXP from it,even considering that all parameters were correct. It gave me a message saying something like "no executable file format".Can someone enlight me???
 
Old 02-26-2006, 08:58 PM   #2
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Take a look at this old post of mine where I describe how to make a boot floppy (and how to install GRUB on a HD). Note that these procedures are also described in the GRUB documentation.
 
  


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