Can you boot RHEL 5.3 from a floppy drive?
Hi,
I've installed RHEL 5.3 on a Dell Desktop. I don't want to install GRUB to the MBR. Is there a way to boot up RHEL from a floppy? I've installed GRUB on to a floppy but not having much luck starting up RHEL. In the past Slackware has allowed me to startup the kernel from a floppy using LILO. I was hoping that there is way for RHEL too. Thanks in advance, Regards, Ash. |
I think you can probably solve this sort of problem with an internet search, but here are some links I have pulled for you to get you started:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...d-edition.html http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622 http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/gnu/gru...er/grub_4.html They are old, but they work ( I assume you are using "grub-legacy" not grub2 ) Search terms? grub boot command |
I went over a number of the GRUB instructions. The kernel starts loading and stops with kernel panic.
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VFS: Cannot open root device "sdb2" or unknown-block(0,0) What could be going wrong? Thanks, Ash |
An update. Found the following on RedHat site.
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I did put the full path /dev/sdb2.
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