How to create boot diskette
I'm using multibooting in my pc. they are Win2000, Win98 & Linux using GRUB loader. But I want to Format my c: drive and reinstall Windows. But I have to be my linux installation as same.[I have lot of data there]. What shall I do.
Is it possible to create linux boot diskette and write MBR to widows and then remove and install windows and boot linux using only the floppy. If theres a other way that I can set GRUB loader while existing linux installation is there, please tell me the way. I want to know how to create a boot diskette. I lost the floppy that created while installation. indika7777 |
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man mkbootdisk
mkbootdisk [--version] [--noprompt] [--verbose] [--mkinitrdargs args] [--device devicefile] [--kernelargs <args>] kernel $ mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.20-8 In the above command you can get the kernel version ( 2.3.20-8 ) using the command $ uname -r This gave me 2.3.20-8 It is a good idea to have atleast 3 good floppies so that if atleast one goes wrong we can use the other or your colleague/classmate should have same Linux kernel version or you should have the Install CD. |
boot from cdrom into linux
grub-install |
u can use grub-install which would help u 2 set up da grub boot loader again...
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