[NBLUG/talk] RH 8.0 boot file cannot copy

HarryH forHarryH at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 16 00:11:03 PST 2004


Thanks Mark,
Part of the problem had to do with a fresh floppy that did not have a file
system mounted on it. I am using RH 8 as my RH 9 install CD #1 was
defective.  I plan to upgrade it to RH 9 when I get good CDs.  This is for a
school project so it really can afford to be a bit tacky.

Thanks,
Harry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Street" <jet at sonic.net>
To: <talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] RH 8.0 boot file cannot copy


> 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
> -----------------------------
>
> 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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