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\\: boot disk for your linux system...
You're fiddling with your lilo.conf one day, and without knowing corrupting
it along the way. How can you get into your linux system back for recovery?
A boot disk would help... This would be a guide on how you could get one
for yourself.
First you need to have the installation CD because there's a couple of
file that we need to use. Create a standard windows boot disk from any
windows 95/ 98 or Me machine. It could be created with the startup utility
under add/remove software in the control panel. Essential files that's
needed is command.com, msdos.sys and io.sys. Then copy two of this file
from the Linux installation CD onto the bootable diskette you've just created.
The two files and their locations are:
[CD-ROM]:\dosutils\autoboot\vmlinuz
[CD-ROM]:\dosutils\autoboot\loadlin.exe
For some unknown reasons, the vmlinuz file for RedHat 7.0 doesn't seem
to work... so a workaround is to get the file from a 6.2 distro.
Then, create a WIndows batch file inside the bootable diskette. Put in this commands in the batch file:
@echooff
loadlin vmlinuz root=\dev\hda1 ro
*Take note that the bold word is your bootable partition. You need to know this!
Voila! That's your bootable disk... ready to be used.
Mmmm... how to use it? Simple, just boot-up the system and specify the
diskette drive as the first boot media (you may need to set this in the
BIOS). Then, let DOS kicks in. When you're presented with the command prompt
(A:\), just run the batch file... example: A:\boot.bat .The booting up
for Linux would then start for you to repair your system.
Hope that would help you in disaster times. If there's any other way or
problems with this (wrong method etc.), feel free to mail me. Mind you
that, use at your own risk!
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>> resources...
tomsrtbt distro
a compact linux, on a diskette. Get this one for more functionallity.
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Linux boot disk - HOWTO
resource on the boot-disk topic. From the Linux Documentation Project.
Must read!.
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