Re: Unable to boot into FC2

From: Carnal Ortega (carnalort_at_comcast.net)
Date: 06/16/04

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    N.Emile,
            I determined the problem to be a bad floppy disk because I opened a new box and repeated the steps below and now I can boot happily into FC2 using 1 floppy disk. I'm not sure why you pointed me to the RELNOTES or google on this but I don't care because FC2 is up and running. Thanks anyway.

    P.S If anyone has similiar issues, suspect the floppy disk first before anyone tells you otherwise!

    Carnal

    ne... wrote:

    >On Jun 16, 2004 at 07:42, Carnal Ortega in a soothing rage wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>I successfully installed FC2 on /dev/hda2 but I selected no bootloader
    >>during the installation because I wanted to boot using a floppy instead
    >>of altering my MBR which is used by XP. I was never prompted to make a
    >>bootdisk during the FC2 installation so I'm not sure how to access it. I
    >>booted with FC2 Disc #1 and typed "linux rescue", chroot /mnt/sysimage/
    >>then ran mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernel-version.
    >>
    >>When I reboot with the floppy it gives me a boot: prompt but errors
    >>after I type "linux" with this message:
    >>
    >>Boot Failed: Please change disks and press a key to continue.
    >>
    >>How do I boot into FC2?
    >>
    >>
    >You know it does help to read the release notes and the list
    >archives. It has been mentioned time and time again. The 2.6
    >series kernel does not fit on a floppy. If you really want to
    >use a floppy, install either grub or lilo to the floppy.
    >
    >N.Emile...
    >
    > 

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