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Old 05-04-2004, 06:29 PM   #1
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Boot Disk Damaged


The boot disk used as the way to boot into Red Hat Linux has been damaged.

What are the steps to make a new boot disk? If this can be done at all?

Thanks
 
Old 05-04-2004, 07:01 PM   #2
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makebootdisk

just easy as that... well it worked in slackware in command mode a bluescreen pops up (not the bluescreen of death like in windows) and u just follow it...
 
Old 05-04-2004, 07:05 PM   #3
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In mandrake (and most likely RedHat) the command for making bootable floppies is `mkbootdisk`. Check the documentation for it using man mkbootdisk--its pretty simple to use, but you have to be root to use it ( use su).
 
Old 05-04-2004, 09:28 PM   #4
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you can also use the 'mkrescue' command as root to create a rescue floppy
 
  


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