Simon Andrews wrote: > Mark Haney wrote: >> I take it the 2.6.7 kernel can't be setup to boot with a boot floppy >> using mkbootdisk? I've been trying for 3 days now and can't get it to >> write a good one. I recall seeing something about it, but I can't seem >> to find where I saw that. Any ideas? > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109214125504938&w=2 > > Look for the --iso option to mkbootdisk and take it from there... I agree that this is the easiest thing to do, but in fact I found it fairly easy to make a boot floppy after compiling the kernel, following the advice in /usr/share/doc/syslinux* >> And before any one asks, I have to use a boot disk as my HP machine >> continues to format the MBR when I install GRUB. You don't need to re-install grub. It reads the config file to see what kernels are available. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
