MDK10- boot with floppy how ???

[Guest jackson321]

Hi,all can anybody give me infos on how to make a floppy to boot mdk10

With MDK9.2 and kernel 2.4 I had to to use a specially larger formatted floppy ???

 

Any help , thanks

 

jackson

[Ixthusdan]

I think there is a way to do this in the faq's. Check there. I don't believe that the kernel needs to be on the floppy, but the location of it obviously does.

[Cannonfodder]

Just a suggestion, why not try out the Mandrake move CD? Just out of curiousity, what does a boot floppy do that a boot CD doesn't (e.g. Mandrake CD1? Bypass boot managers?

[Pzatch]

Just put lilo on the floppy instead of a special small kernel. That way you don't need a larger formated disk. The Mandrake Controle Center should have that option.

 

If you need a repair disk Mandrake Move is probably the way to go.

[pmpatrick]

There is no option to create a boot floppy in mcc for mdk10-ce. The 2.6 kernel is just too big to fit on a standard format floppy.

 

One interesting way to get around this problem is to make a bootable cd which acts like a giant floppy. Here's a link that explains how to do this for mdk9.2 but it should be easily adaptable for mdk10:

 

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=11801

 

One big advantage of the bootable cd is that it will load much faster than a floppy and it will work even if your lilo is totally trashed. It's a little complicated but if you have questions post back and I'll do my best to respond.