I have found something called: diskboot.img
at: http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/4/os/i386/images/
But it is 6Mb large (6411Kb) instead of 1411Kb
And the rawreadwrirewin program gets an error on it when run on NT. On Win2000, it makes a diskette that fails to boot..
So really, HELP!!!!
I 'just' discovered that my old bootable diskette is for Centos 3.0, and my other CDs are Centos 3.3. ================================================================
OK.
I am in an emergency crunch. I need that 4.0 install diskette. Like 2 hours ago!
Where is it????????
I don't want to have to install 3.0 on this box.
Illegitimi non Carborundum
On 4/18/05, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
I have found something called: diskboot.img
at: http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/4/os/i386/images/
But it is 6Mb large (6411Kb) instead of 1411Kb
And the rawreadwrirewin program gets an error on it when run on NT. On Win2000, it makes a diskette that fails to boot..
So really, HELP!!!!
I 'just' discovered that my old bootable diskette is for Centos 3.0, and my other CDs are Centos 3.3. ================================================================
OK.
I am in an emergency crunch. I need that 4.0 install diskette. Like 2 hours ago!
Where is it????????
I don't want to have to install 3.0 on this box.
My understanding is that the kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy anymore.
On 4/18/05, Leonard Isham leonard.isham@gmail.com wrote:
My understanding is that the kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy anymore.
Yes, that's the cold hard truth.
If you need to do maintenance to a system that has a usable kernel and initrd, perhaps you could create a grub boot floppy. The wave of the future is boot from CDROM.
HTH,
At 10:55 PM 4/18/2005, Collins Richey wrote:
On 4/18/05, Leonard Isham leonard.isham@gmail.com wrote:
My understanding is that the kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy anymore.
Yes, that's the cold hard truth.
If you need to do maintenance to a system that has a usable kernel and initrd, perhaps you could create a grub boot floppy. The wave of the future is boot from CDROM.
A techie at a company I consult for, gave me a boot diskette that is a smart boot manager and can force a boot from the CD even though the CD is not bootable.
Worked like a charm.
I will get more info on this and post it here. Perhaps it could be added to the FAQ....
On 4/18/05, Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
At 10:55 PM 4/18/2005, Collins Richey wrote:
On 4/18/05, Leonard Isham leonard.isham@gmail.com wrote:
My understanding is that the kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy anymore.
Yes, that's the cold hard truth.
If you need to do maintenance to a system that has a usable kernel and initrd, perhaps you could create a grub boot floppy. The wave of the future is boot from CDROM.
A techie at a company I consult for, gave me a boot diskette that is a smart boot manager and can force a boot from the CD even though the CD is not bootable.
Worked like a charm.
I will get more info on this and post it here. Perhaps it could be added to the FAQ....
Looks interesting... http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/about.html
download link is broken on page... I used: http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/download.html YMMV
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