Re: Linux Boot Floppy?

Subject: Re: Linux Boot Floppy?
From: Robert Vogt IV (vogt@arborhost.com)
Date: Sat Nov 11 2000 - 19:02:19 MST

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    Tommy,

> Depending on how badly damaged the partition table is, if the drive is
> connected and on while in the system boot time, the system will not boot, as
> was in my case, as I had tried a boot cd, as I do have a boot cd Drive,
> because it is a apple. You could also try putting the internal hd in another
> computer and fixing it there. I know this is kind of not using a linux boot
> disk, but hey. Also if you really want a boot disk, as i recall from my days
> tring to get debian working on my centris 650, there are boot disk available
> from debian mirrors. I will look into this.
    I found a Debian 'rescue.bin' image. I can't figure out how to write it
to disk in the MacOS, though (none of our YDL systems have floppy drives or
understand theirs - read G4s and PowerBooks :) ). Is there a MacOS
equivalent to 'dd'?

    Thanks.

                            Sincerely,

                            Robert Vogt IV
                            CEO
                            ArborHost

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