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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Master of Reality on 18 June 2002, 19:49

Title: startup disk?
Post by: Master of Reality on 18 June 2002, 19:49

This should be an easy question to answer.
How do I make a startup disk? I need to be able to get back into Linux after I install Windows and/or FreeBSD.

[ June 18, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

Title: startup disk?
Post by: Calum on 18 June 2002, 19:56

Here is the full howto for this procedure, easy though it looks... (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-basics-bootdisk.html)

Title: startup disk?
Post by: voidmain on 18 June 2002, 21:56

Calum's link is the way I do it "after" I have a system installed, however, if you do not check the "Skip Bootdisk Creation" checkbox when you install RedHat it will create it before the reboot after the initial install.

The only issue you "might" have with the "mkbootdisk" command is if you have SCSI drives that require a kernel module to be loaded at boot time, in which case you must also create an "initrd" with the appropriate module (should find one already made in /boot after install) that needs to be included in the "mkbootdisk" command line.  If you are running IDE drives this should not be required...