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| Syslinux-Howto |
- Download and Install Latest Syslinux
- Syslinux-HOWTO
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| Re-Installing Syslinux |
- your /dev/hda disk doesn't boot and you have /etc/syslinux.conf configured
- Boot off any other boot media
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| Making a SysLinux Boot Floppy |
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# Make a Syslinux Boot Floppy
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# Low level format ( fdformat or superformat )
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superformat /dev/fd0H1440
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fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
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# To fit Larger kernels -- use a standard 1.44MB floppy formatted for higher capacity
# fdformat will either format it or abort
fdformat [ -h ] /dev/fd0u1680 1.68MB floppy
fdformat [ -h ] /dev/fd0u1760 1.76MB floppy
fdformat [ -h ] /dev/fd0u1920 1.92MB floppy
fdformat [ -h ] /dev/fd0u2880 2.88MB floppy
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# DOS format ( mformat or mkfs -t msdos )
mformat a:/s
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# Save the boot info
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/boot/dos.bss bs=512 count=1
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# Save the boot info
syslinux /dev/fd0
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syslinux -s /dev/fd0u1680
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# Prepare and mount the boot floppy
mkdir /mnt/dos ; mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/dos
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# Put the boot files onto the boot floppy
cp -p /boot/dos.bss /mnt/dos
cp -p /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 /mnt/dos/linux
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# boot config files
cp -p syslinux.cfg /mnt/dos/syslinux.cfg
cp -p syslinux.msg /mnt/dos/syslinux.msg
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# done creating the syslinux bootfloppy
sync
umount /mnt/dos
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# End
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