[NBLUG/talk] RH 8.0 boot file cannot copy

[Mark Street]

Screw 2K Server man, install lilo or grub as the primary boot loader.  Why RH 
8.0?  Go 9 or Fedora Core ; )

## = the boot partition number of your linux system.  Assumes it is on the 
first IDE drive on the system.  Adjust accordingly.

commands below
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dd if=/dev/hda## of=/linux-boot-sector bs=512 count=1

## Put floppy in drive
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
cp /linux-boot-sector /mnt/floppy
sync
sync
umount /mnt/floppy
reboot

Stop it with the root chmod 777 stuff, you are scaring me.

On Sunday 15 February 2004 11:15 pm, HarryH wrote:
> Hi,
> I just installed RH 8.0 and need to copy the/boot/boot.0306 boot file to a
> floppy so I can copy it to Win2K Server so NT loader to will see my LILO RH
> 8.0 at boot time for selection.  When I try and copy boot.0306 it says its
> a read only file system.  I did chmod to 777 but that did not help.  Copied
> it to a file X, chmod it to 777 and still says its read only.  I am doing
> all this as root.  What do I need to do to copy this boot loader file to
> W2K so I can boot between W2K an RH?
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