How do I make a linux boot (cd/floppy)?

Nalorin · 03-26-2005, 05:39 PM

The title pretty much says it

how do you make a boot cd for linux? (or boot floppy if necessary - but I would have to find a floppy cable for making a boot floppy - so I want a boot cd)

i'm about to reinstall windows, but leave my linux in tact... I need the boot disk to get back to linux again, and install Grub, so I can boot to linux by default as I currently do!

visaris · 03-26-2005, 05:57 PM

I just answered a similar question in this thread.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=306422

bigrigdriver · 03-26-2005, 05:58 PM

Check the FC documentation. There should be instructions. Every distro I've used has them.

semitar · 03-26-2005, 06:42 PM

In Linux type this

uname -r
u should get something simliar to this = 2.6.10-1.766_FC3

then type this

mkbootdisk --iso --device boot-disc.iso 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 (replace 2.6.10-1.766_FC3 with whatever u got when u did uname -r)

then if u have fedora core 3 right click on the file you created (boot-disc,iso) and choose actions and then "write cd with k3b".

This assumes you have a cd burner installed

Hope this helps!!