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Linux Boot Disk

Turner · 2002-04-25 15:14:36

Installed red hat 7.2 on a seperate hard disk, everything went fine but i didnt create a boot disk during installation. The GRUB boot loader doesnt kick in so i dont get the option to select which OS i wanna use. does anyone know how to create a linux boot disk after installation. Chief ( linux n00b)

25-04-2002 3:14pm

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Turner

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Installed red hat 7.2 on a seperate hard disk, everything went fine but i didnt create a boot disk during installation.

The GRUB boot loader doesnt kick in so i dont get the option to select which OS i wanna use.

does anyone know how to create a linux boot disk after installation.

Chief ( linux n00b)

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#2 25-04-2002 5:04pm

sisob

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try booting into rescue mode with you redhat cd

then try installing lilo by runing 'lilo'

or mkbootdisk to make a disk

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#3 25-04-2002 5:20pm

seamus

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LILO is simple. Took me 5 hours to get it working, but now I can do it every time......:)

You know my phone number, feel free to ring me if you've any probs.

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