Re: help with upgrade from woody to sarge...

On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 08:08 -0400, hendrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 11:23:38PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:

Go to another machine and Make yourself a GRUB boot CD (or, if you
prefer, a boot floppy). You can boot from the GRUB CD, and then repair
your system. Everybody ought to keep a GRUB boot CD handy!

How do you make a grub boot CD or floppy?
And how do you use it?

This might help:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4622

Also, googling for "grub boot floppy" gives a whole days worth reading.

Grab a beverage and enjoy!



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