I need help with creating a bootdisk

TroyR · 03-05-2005, 06:58 PM

Okay , One more time. Where can I get a Suse boot disk to access my CDROM...?

edcutis · 03-05-2005, 08:15 PM

As most people set up their CMOS settings to boot directly from the CD-Rom, I feel your pain. Is your motherboard so old that you can't change the boot order? If it is, there is a utility to format a set of floppies for booting, unfortunately, it is on the CD-Rom. Last time I did this, the format utilitiy worked when accessed thru windows too. The docs for doing this are right on the CD.

XavierP · 03-06-2005, 05:12 AM

On your cd look at the Dosutils folder. You'll have to do this from within Windows, but the rawrite.exe program will allow the creation of a boot floppy.

TroyR · 03-06-2005, 06:55 AM

I am new to Linux and have given up already... I need a boot disk to access my CDROM to load Suse 9.2! I could have saved $89.00 and a huge headake.
No I cannot boot from the CDROM and cannot upgrade the BIOS.

XavierP · 03-06-2005, 06:58 AM

On disk 1, look for the dosutils folder. The program rawrite.exe is what you need to create a boot disk - you need dos/windows.

TroyR · 03-06-2005, 07:04 AM

yes, I can access my CDROM, I just can't boot from it.
Deosn't the RAWRITE.EXE program need an image..?
If browsing where do I find that and how do I get the image to the floppy...?

TroyR · 03-06-2005, 07:08 AM

Thanx XavierP,
Deosn't it ask me for an image file..? Where do I find it, and will it transfer it to the floppy for me automatically?

XavierP · 03-06-2005, 07:15 AM

No. Since you have a boot cd already, the rawrite program will create a floppy which you can boot from which will then kick off the cd. Put in floppy disk, run program, follow instructions, boot from floppy and the cd will work.

XavierP · 03-06-2005, 07:16 AM

And both threads are merged. Only open one thread at a time, please.

TroyR · 03-06-2005, 08:13 AM

I double clicked on the RAWRITE and its asking me for the source file name...?
Xavier....?

XavierP · 03-06-2005, 09:16 AM

Read rawrite.doc, it should have the full instructions. I haven't used it for about 4 years so can't be very specific I'm afraid.

bbradley · 03-07-2005, 12:17 PM

If your installation DVD/CD boots, but the "Boot from Hard Dive does not work, you should be able to boot the system by selecting "Installation, Manual" and punching through a couple of language instructions to another "Boot from Hard Drive" option. You will first need to do do this at the end of the Installation where a reboot to the hard drive normally takes place automatically.

abisko00 · 03-07-2005, 12:28 PM

TroyR: the images you are looking for are in the folder 'boot' of your CD1. Since Yast has become quite big and there are a lot of hardware modules, you'll need 3 floppies for the bootimages (bootdsk1-3) and 5 for the modules (modules1-5). Use these images with rawwrite to create the floppies.

TroyR · 03-13-2005, 09:49 AM

Thanks everyone, I used winwrite.