how to make a linux bootdisk (slackware)?
i dont have the slackware cd, can i make one anyway?
and i donīt have lilo installed on my computer. |
what boot loader are you using? how are you booting linux at the moment?
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here is how to create a bootdisk:
insert a new floppy disk and overwrite it with the following commands: dd if=/boot/vmlinuz.something of=/dev/df0 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda5 <--- this needs to be your root partition then just boot the floppy |
Or even easier, just type makebootdisk at the console.
Enjoy! --- Cerbere |
okey, i have solved the problem, i downloaded files to make a bootdisk from slackware ftpsite (ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...ent/bootdisks/)
at the command promt in windows (sorry =P) cd in to the bootdisk directory and typed: rawrite bare.i a: and then i had my bootdisk later when i boot up the computer with the bootdisk I typed (when "boot:" came up) boot: mount root=/dev/hda3 (if you have linux on hda3, else change) then i could login to my linux again =) |
Hi I have had problems with bootdisk too I try making the same one as you I downloaded the bare.i image and used rawrite to make the bootdisk everything went fine till I tried to boot off it and it said boot failed. and Im using the bare.i kernel
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do you have raid or scsi?, then you should try another image, not bare.i
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no I dont have raid or scsi, I used bare.i kernels to install slackware but I couldn't install a boot loader so I ahve no way of booting it up, casue my boot disk wont work it fails got any suggestions
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change diskett, and try again, it should boot =)
try rawrite12.exe or rawrite13.exe hope it helps |
its alright I got it to boot off the cd, now im trying to get the ethernet drivers to install
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