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> Grub can perfectly from a floppy disk. See "info |
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> grub" (the full grub |
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> documentation, the man page is crap) in order to |
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> learn how to create a |
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> grub floppy disk (or CD/R(W)). You will then be able |
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> to set the BIOS |
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> boot order to default and see what a freshly booted |
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Arrgh! Now I learn this box won't boot from a floppy! |
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It bipasses the floppy completely unless I disable ALL |
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the drives except the floppy and then I get: |
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Invalid boot diskette: insert BOOT disk in A:\ |
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Huh? Maybe it's because this is a Dell PIII and |
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requires a proprietary DOS boot disk. |
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There seems to be two methods from what I can find on |
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the Web: copying menu.lst to /mnt/floppy/boot/grub and |
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copying /boot/grub/stage1 and /boot/grub/stage2 to a |
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floppy I tried them both without success. |
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Of course I can still boot the gentoo-install CD but |
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then I have to chroot to run grub which puts me back |
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in the hole. |
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Now, I don't have a burner on the PIII, but I have one |
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on another box. Can someone suggest a method to burn a |
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grub-boot CD that won't leave me with a coaster -- got |
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plenty of those :( |
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-mw |
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