Re: Install boot on floppy

[kaktus2 <kaktus2 wanadoo fr>]

I made that boot floppy twice.

here is the output of the dd command:

   [root server images]# pwd
   /mnt/cdrom/images
   [root server images]#
   [root server images]# dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0
   2880+0 records read.
   2880+0 records written.

some more details: my cdrom is /dev/hda
                            my hard drive is /dev/hde

But I dont think that could be the problem
I looked for a newer boot disk image, but none was found

I'm gonna try with a 7.3 bootdisk and install
Ian Firla wrote:

> Are you sure the floppy was written correctly?
>
> Ian
>
> On Sun, 11 May 2003, kaktus2 wrote:
>
>  
>
> > 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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