Re: how to make a floppy which will boot up from /dev/hdc1?

From: Leo (Bing) Whiteway (leowhiteway_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 11/01/05 

Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:10:43 GMT

Connor T wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've kinda setup a software raid setup with both drives mirroed.
>
> Problem is I can't get the second drive to boot when the primary one is
> down. So as a workaround I want to setup a floppy which when inserted
> will force the system to just boot from the secondary hdd.
>
> However after some googling i'm confused, and dont know where to start.
> Any ideas?
>
> Rgds,
> Dan
>

I just ran liloconfig and when I was asked for the place to put it, I entered
/dev/fd0
I also added the drives/partitions I wanted to boot and I now have a floppy that
quickly boots up and shows these drives and partitions. It works well. 

-- 
Leo in Canada:
A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
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