Remake boot disk
I am running RedHat 7.3 and Windows XP. XP is on hda and RH on hdb.
I boot from a floppy, with LILO. I've just installed a new kernel (2.4.18-19.7) and as I understand it, I have to create a new boot floppy from the new kernel. I was looking at the Boot Disk HOWTO and am confused. The boot floppy I have now was made during the RH 7.3 install has just a few files on it and no directories. The HOWTO is telling me I have to create a filesystem, etc. Is this right? My boot partition is hb1. My understanding is that the boot floppy points to the boot partition, where the actual kernel is. Can anyone enlighten me? Many thanks!!!! |
boot with your old kernel. then to create a bootdisk for the new kernel, run this as root:
mkbootdisk 2.4.18-19.7 no need to format the floppy (though I recommend doing an fdformat /dev/fd0 to be sure that the floppy is free from errors). hth. |
Awesome.
I knew it has to be something that simple... thanks again. adam the javascript:smilie(':newbie:') Newbie |
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