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From: Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>
To: Abhijit Vijay <abhijit_v@yahoo.com>,
	Linux Newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Make Linux bootdisk
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 11:45:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20021004114035.0257eec0@celine> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021004162638.55122.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com>

At 09:26 AM 10/4/02 -0700, Abhijit Vijay wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Could anyone please tell me how to make a linux
>bootdisk? Is it true that a linux bootdisk made for
>one computer cannot be used to boot another linux
>machine?


At the level of generality you ask, there is no simple answer, other than 
suggesting you read the Bootdisk HowTo (available at ibiblio.org, for 
example).

There are many types of bootdisks. Some (rescue disks like tomsrtbt, for 
example, or floppy-based distros like LEAF) are quite general and can boot 
on most any machine. Others, designed to boot a specific configuration on a 
particular machine, will work on a different machine only with luck (the 
two machines need not be identifal, but they need to be quite similar).

So ... read the HowTo for general advice. Repost here with more specific 
questions.


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Palo Alto, California, USA			  ray@comarre.com
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-04 18:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-01 19:20 ifconfig appears to also add entry to routing table Jim Earl
2002-09-01 19:41 ` pa3gcu
2002-09-01 20:04 ` Ray Olszewski
2002-10-04 16:26 ` Make Linux bootdisk Abhijit Vijay
2002-10-04 18:45   ` Ray Olszewski [this message]
2002-10-04 20:06   ` Chuck Gelm
2002-10-05  8:08   ` pa3gcu

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