tabana- i guess i wasn't clear. i need to burn a bootable cd-rom. my cd-rw is a toshiba scsi. i use it for audio and iso file systems. the toaster is an abit m-board/athlon. my hard drive is not bootable due to a utility company's stepdown transformer that exploded during a severe wind storm here in n. california. i can read and write to all partitions but i cannot boot. thus i would like to be able to boot from a cd while i attempt to back-up and possibly repair the hard drive. oh yes, the floppy is also dead in the h2o. i've been thru various docs including man mkisofs. but as is often true with linux docs, i end up with as many questions as answers. thanks- larry tabanna wrote:
Hi :)
~ no sweat . . . hit DEL when you start 'puter . . . enter BIOS and set boot_sequence to boot first from CDrom
.. . . save, and exit
That's all :)
best wishes
-- ____________ sent on Linux ____________
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Why not boot using the suse cd and then recover boot sector, etc? emanon wrote:
tabana-
i guess i wasn't clear. i need to burn a bootable cd-rom. my cd-rw is a toshiba scsi. i use it for audio and iso file systems. the toaster is an abit m-board/athlon. my hard drive is not bootable due to a utility company's stepdown transformer that exploded during a severe wind storm here in n. california. i can read and write to all partitions but i cannot boot. thus i would like to be able to boot from a cd while i attempt to back-up and possibly repair the hard drive. oh yes, the floppy is also dead in the h2o.
i've been thru various docs including man mkisofs. but as is often true with linux docs, i end up with as many questions as answers.
thanks-
larry
tabanna wrote:
Hi :)
~ no sweat . . . hit DEL when you start 'puter . . . enter BIOS and set boot_sequence to boot first from CDrom
.. . . save, and exit
That's all :)
best wishes
-- ____________ sent on Linux ____________
100% Virus Free! AMD Inside
-- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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carl- in fact i have been booting from distro cds. i am currently researching the correct lilo command to speed up that process. however, i would like to have something equivalent to a recovery floppy on cd. i use flops so seldom that i don't really trust them. i live in a rain forest and any machine that isn't used regularly succumbs to rust and fungus. my cd drives get used daily. thanks- larry Carl Johnson wrote:
Why not boot using the suse cd and then recover boot sector, etc?
emanon wrote:
tabana-
i guess i wasn't clear. i need to burn a bootable cd-rom. my cd-rw is a toshiba scsi. i use it for audio and iso file systems. the toaster is an abit m-board/athlon. my hard drive is not bootable due to a utility company's stepdown transformer that exploded during a severe wind storm here in n. california. i can read and write to all partitions but i cannot boot. thus i would like to be able to boot from a cd while i attempt to back-up and possibly repair the hard drive. oh yes, the floppy is also dead in the h2o.
i've been thru various docs including man mkisofs. but as is often true with linux docs, i end up with as many questions as answers.
thanks-
larry
tabanna wrote:
Hi :)
~ no sweat . . . hit DEL when you start 'puter . . . enter BIOS and set boot_sequence to boot first from CDrom
.. . . save, and exit
That's all :)
best wishes
-- ____________ sent on Linux ____________
100% Virus Free! AMD Inside
-- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
-- Carl Johnson cjs@mcn.net cjohnson@cj-solutions.com
|_| |_| | |\/--- | |\ | | | \/ | NIKE | | | \| |__| /\ |______| _______________ ____ | OH SHIT IT's | |..| --| LINUX!!! | |__| |_______________| |\/| icro$oft "Watch Linux walk all over Micro$oft" | | /||\ /\
I just saw exact app you need on freshmeat that make recovery cd's. http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkcdrec/?highlight=recovery+cd Thanks emanon wrote:
carl-
in fact i have been booting from distro cds. i am currently researching the correct lilo command to speed up that process. however, i would like to have something equivalent to a recovery floppy on cd. i use flops so seldom that i don't really trust them. i live in a rain forest and any machine that isn't used regularly succumbs to rust and fungus. my cd drives get used daily.
thanks-
larry
Carl Johnson wrote:
Why not boot using the suse cd and then recover boot sector, etc?
emanon wrote:
tabana-
i guess i wasn't clear. i need to burn a bootable cd-rom. my cd-rw is a toshiba scsi. i use it for audio and iso file systems. the toaster is an abit m-board/athlon. my hard drive is not bootable due to a utility company's stepdown transformer that exploded during a severe wind storm here in n. california. i can read and write to all partitions but i cannot boot. thus i would like to be able to boot from a cd while i attempt to back-up and possibly repair the hard drive. oh yes, the floppy is also dead in the h2o.
i've been thru various docs including man mkisofs. but as is often true with linux docs, i end up with as many questions as answers.
thanks-
larry
tabanna wrote:
Hi :)
~ no sweat . . . hit DEL when you start 'puter . . . enter BIOS and set boot_sequence to boot first from CDrom
.. . . save, and exit
That's all :)
best wishes
-- ____________ sent on Linux ____________
100% Virus Free! AMD Inside
-- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
-- Carl Johnson cjs@mcn.net cjohnson@cj-solutions.com
|_| |_| | |\/--- | |\ | | | \/ | NIKE | | | \| |__| /\ |______| _______________ ____ | OH SHIT IT's | |..| --| LINUX!!! | |__| |_______________| |\/| icro$oft "Watch Linux walk all over Micro$oft" | | /||\ /\
-- Carl Johnson cjs@mcn.net cjohnson@cj-solutions.com |_| |_| | |\/--- | |\ | | | \/ | NIKE | | | \| |__| /\ |______| _______________ ____ | OH SHIT IT's | |..| --| LINUX!!! | |__| |_______________| |\/| icro$oft "Watch Linux walk all over Micro$oft" | | /||\ /\
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