Chong Yu Meng wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to create a bootable 750MB Zip disk which I can use to test
out different kickstart configurations. I downloaded the first CD ISO
image for FC5 and transferred it to the zip disk using 'dd', like so:
dd if=FC5-xxx.iso of=/dev/hda
I confirmed that the files were all on the disk and then I set the BIOS
to boot from the internal ATAPI Zip 750 drive, and restarted the
computer.
On boot, I could hear the Zip drive being accessed and the LED came on,
however, it stopped after a while and continued booting from the HDD.
I checked the Zip disk again, and the files that should be there are
there.
Can someone help me out? Is there a special operation I have to do to
make the Zip disk bootable?
I'd be surprised if your BIOS could boot from an ISO9660 filesystem
(intended for CDs) on a zip disk.
I'd try the diskboot.img, which is a FAT filesystem, instead. You can
get it here:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/images/diskboot.img
Of course it's also in the images directory of the first CD.
Paul.
