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Re: creating another lilo floppy disk
Oops. You're right, I'm wrong :(
Actully, I used this method all the time. I just boot this zImage disk, re-run
LILO, and I have my LILO menu back. Never used the emergency boot disk ..
Hetz
Ariel Biener wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
>
> Whaaat ? Hetz, what are you talking about. zImage is the compressed
> kernel, not a compressed bootable image.
>
> --Ariel
>
> > Pretty simple:
> >
> > 1. Login as a root
> > 2. goto /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot
> > 3. type: dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0
> >
> > fd0 is your A: drive
> >
> > Be sure your floppy is formatted first.
> >
> > Hetz
> >
> > Kadury wrote:
> > >
> > > i run my linux(red hat v.5.2) as a secondary O.S.
> > >
> > > i havent installed lilo, so i load the linux system by a floppy disk.
> > >
> > > how do i make another disk like this (in case this floppy is erased by mistake etc').
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > K a d u r y A l o n
> > > \\\\\_______________________________________________
> > > /////
> > > e-mail: kadury@ibm.net
> > > icq no. 6867094
> >
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