Re: How do I create a recovery for grub or lilo multiboot setups

From: JohnInSD At san DOT rr dot COM (bitbucket_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:33:26 GMT

Newer kernels now being distributed are so big, many won't fit on a 1.44Mb
floppy.

LILO "mkrescue" now supports an option, "--iso", to create a bootable CD that
can be burned with 'cdrecord'. Of course, your system must support booting
from an El Torito Bootable CD in 2.88Mb floppy emulation.

--John

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:55:00 +0100, Timothy Truckle <please.no.spam@web.de>
wrote:

>Al Dykes schrieb am Sonntag, 8. Februar 2004 22:35 in
>comp.os.linux.setup:
>
>> Can some point me to hoto information for how to make a
>> bootable floppy that has mbr plus the config files for lilo,
>do:
>man lilo
>and look for the '-b' option (the second in the options list.
>
>> and grub.
>I guess the same procedure will lead to some knowledge.
>But I think you will not need (nor be able to install) 2 boot
>loaders on a single floppy.
>
>bye
>TT

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