Re: Linux From Scratch boot disk always reboots with no error message
This is a discussion on Re: Linux From Scratch boot disk always reboots with no error message within the Linux Operating System forums, part of the Unix Operating Systems category; --> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:24:46 GMT, Lucius Chiaraviglio <luciusone@chapter.net> wrote: > I tried to make a boot/root disk ...
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 Re: Linux From Scratch boot disk always reboots with no error message On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:24:46 GMT, Lucius Chiaraviglio <luciusone@chapter.net> wrote: > I tried to make a boot/root disk for my Linux From Scratch 4.1/Beyond > Linux From Scratch 1.0 system according to the instructions given at both > http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org/v.../bootdisk.html and > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc...disk-HOWTO.pdf > > # Format floppy disk to 1722 Kibytes. > fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 > > # Transfer kernel to floppy disk; record size in 1 Kibyte blocks. > dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21 of=/dev/floppy/0 bs=1k Check your kernel documentation. I think the latest Linux kernels don't support booting without a boot loader (lilo, grub or syslinux). Toms Root Boot uses lilo. -- Lazlo's Chinese Relativity Axiom: No matter how great your triumphs or how tragic your defeats -- approximately one billion Chinese couldn't care less.      |
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