Re: Install boot on floppy

[kaktus2 <kaktus2 wanadoo fr>]

I used the image in /mnt/cdrom/images/boot.img
I went in the directory, and did the command you said

I made a test with the image in the fr subfolder, but with this one, it 
doesn't even boot

k.

Ian Firla wrote:

> Which image did you use?
>
> You should use boot.img
>
> dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
>
> Ian
>
> On Sun, 11 May 2003, kaktus2 wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Hello
> >
> > I've got some problems with installing a Seawolf distro on an old
> > pentium 133 machine with 64 Mo RAM (EDO), that cannot boot on cdrom.
> > So I made a boot floppy from the boot image in the images folder on CD1
> > (I also made a driver disk with drivers.img)
> >
> > When I boot, I get the boot prompt. So I enter the text mode. The system
> > starts loading initrd.img, and then vmlinuz. But it fails with this error:
> >
> >    Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue.
> >
> > I've tried with linux dd mode, nofb mode, expert mode, but all fail with
> > the same error.
> > I can't figure out what I am doing wrong
> >
> > I've tried to boot a Knoppix distro on cdrom, with a boot floppy, and
> > this one works fine.
> > If Knoppix can be loaded, Seawolf can be installed, isn't it ??
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > k.
> >
> >
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