Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:42:12 -0500 | From | omnilord@aztechne ... | Subject | Re: PS/1 Floppy Problems |
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The problem is, how would I create a linux root partition without having access to linux (except for only a boot disk & loadlin)? That is the root of the problem, since this is the problem i encountered when trying to install linux....
DA> LILO will let you specify the root device when booting. If you DA>want the root device to be /dev/sdc2 for the kernel image called 'linux', DA>type 'linux root=/dev/sdc2'. LILO will then boot that kernel image with DA>the specified root partition.
DA> DS
DA>> There is one other solution, and maybe someone out there knows how I DA>> could do this... : Is there ANY way to mount a root file system from DA>> something other than the disk drive (CD maybe?), without access to the DA>> linux system? (I only have access to a few boot disks and loadlin (which DA>> is pretty nice))... I have read that new versions of redhat can do a DA>> floppy-less installation... is this true? and if so, how does it work? DA>> (i have only an old version of redhat, and vers 2.96 of slackware)
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