This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C354FF.0FE73470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You might want to look into Tom's root-boot disks or maybe Knoppix to = boot with. Then you can mount the partitions on your hard drive and = then re-run grub. --=20 Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT Cameron Technical Services, Inc. http://www.camerontech.com (512) 454-3200 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ledbury, Neil=20 To: 'plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us'=20 Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 5:06 AM Subject: How do I boot from Redhat floppy? Dual boot system, WinME on 1st disk, Redhat9 on 2nd. GRUB boot loader. = When Windows dies and requires re-installing, this isn't normally a = problem - it overwrites the boot record, but then I boot off a Redhat = startup floppy disk, and re-install GRUB. The problem I have at the moment is, when I went to boot off the = floppy, it had become corrupt in some way and wasn't bootable. So then I = installed redhat9 on a different (single HD) machine, made a boot disk = there, thinking I could then use that disk to boot my machine off. The = system starts booting VMLINUZ but stops at 'Kernel Panic Init not = found'. Presumably the floppy is looking for a boot record on the primary HD = on IDE0 (from machine I created the floppy on) and I need to 'redirect' = to look where the boot record really is on my second HD. how do I do = this? =20 This email is strictly confidential and intended solely for the = addressee(s). It may contain personal and confidential information and = as such may be protected by the Data Protection Act 1998. If this email = has come to you in error you must take no action based on it, nor must = you copy or show it to anyone; please reply to this email and highlight = the error. Any views or opinions expressed within this email are those of the = author, and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments = are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computer = practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. = ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com = ________________________________________________________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C354FF.0FE73470 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You might want to look into Tom's = root-boot disks=20 or maybe Knoppix to boot with.  Then you can mount the partitions = on your=20 hard drive and then re-run grub.
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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Cameron Technical = Services,=20 Inc.
http://www.camerontech.com
(51= 2)=20 454-3200
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From:=20 Ledbury, Neil =
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Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 = 5:06 AM
Subject: How do I boot from = Redhat=20 floppy?

Dual = boot system,=20 WinME on 1st disk, Redhat9 on 2nd. GRUB boot loader.  When = Windows=20 dies and requires re-installing, this isn't normally a = problem =20 -  it overwrites the boot record, but then I boot off a=20 Redhat startup floppy disk, and re-install = GRUB.
The = problem I have=20 at the moment is, when I went to boot off the floppy, it had become = corrupt in=20 some way and wasn't bootable. So then I installed redhat9 on a = different=20 (single HD) machine, made a boot disk there, thinking I could then use = that=20 disk to boot my machine off. The system starts booting VMLINUZ=20 but stops at 'Kernel Panic   Init not=20 found'.
Presumably the=20 floppy is looking for a boot record on the primary HD on IDE0  = (from=20 machine I created the floppy on) and I need to 'redirect' to look = where=20 the boot record really is on my second HD. how do I do=20 this?  
 


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