Re: [RH7.3] Can't boot with boot.img or bootnet.img

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:22:07 -0700 (PDT)
Steve Frampton <frampton codingstyle com> wrote:

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> Hello:
> 
> I downloaded the 3 ISO images of Valhalla and burned them onto CDs.  I
> am not able to boot from CD so I tried making a boot diskette using
> the following procedure:
> 
>   dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
> 
> However, when I try to boot from floppy, I get an error message: 
> "This is not a boot diskette.  Please insert a boot diskette and hit
> any key to try again" (or words to that effect...I'm typing this
> e-mail from memory).
> 
> I also tried using the bootnet.img and booting with it -- same error.
> 
> Is this a known issue?  I tried several times but to no avail.  :-(
> 
> I have done this procedure dozens of times and have never run into
> this problem before.  I was thinking of maybe creating a boot diskette
> using the 7.2 boot.img and trying to install the 7.3 version using
> it...how likely is this to work?  (I suppose I might need to edit a
> file on the diskette...)

Drop the 'bs=1440k' and try it again. Also maybe you'll need to get
another floppy. I manage to get one or two good uses out of them these
days. After that I can't get them to cooperate any more (5 different
releases of RH, 3 different machines, 4 different floppy drives).

I used to be able to use an old boot disk with a new install CD. That
hasn't worked for me in awhile. At least since 6.2 and maybe earlier.

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