Rick,
mkbootdisk Details:
**--FORMATTING FLOPPY--**
[root localhost Storage]# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total capacity 1440 kB.
Formatting ... done
Verifying ... done
**--MAKING FILESYSTEM--**
[root localhost doulos]# mke2fs /dev/fd0
mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
184 inodes, 1440 blocks
72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
1 block group
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
184 inodes per group
Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
**--RUNNING mkbootdisk--** (with extraneous messages from .bashrc)
[root localhost doulos]# mkbootdisk -v --device /dev/fd0 `uname -r`
You always have cd - for prev path. cdh is cd /root.
Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
Formatting /dev/fd0... done.
Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3... done.
Creating initrd image... You always have cd - for prev path. cdh is cd /root.
done.
Setting up syslinux... done.
**--LIST /etc/lilo.conf--**
prompt
timeout=100
default=RedHat
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
lba32
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3
label=RedHat
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
image=/mnt/SuSE/boot/vmlinuz.suse
label=SuSE
read-only
root=/dev/hda8
initrd=/mnt/SuSE/boot/initrd.suse
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label=WinDOS
**-PARTITIONS-**
[root localhost root]# fdisk /dev/hda -l
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2586 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 544 4112608+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2 545 547 22680 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 548 1100 4180680 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1101 2586 11234160 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5 1101 1600 3779968+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/h!
da6 1601 1900 2267968+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 1901 1970 529168+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda8 1971 2586 4656928+ 83 Linux
Then, reboot with the floppy in the drive:
SYSLINUX 1.52 2001-02-07 Copyright ...(etc...)
Press <return> (or wait 10 seconds) to boot your Red Hat Linux system from /dev/hda3. You may override (etc....)
boot: <return>
Loading
Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue.
any clues?
j.ingersoll
Rick Stevens
John H. Ingersoll, Jr. wrote:
> I'll try the # mkbootdisk --verbose and report accordingly (i'm not
> currently at the PC in question)
Good, because that'll tell us how it's building the floppy. I asked
about the lilo.conf to see if an initrd is needed.
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