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- From: wayne@ita.lgc.com (Wayne McCormick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: pboot and msdos fs
- Message-ID: <WAYNE.92Sep2094357@gumby.ita.lgc.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 15:43:57 GMT
- References: <WAYNE.92Aug31112018@gumby.ita.lgc.com> <=7hn=ha.aclark@netcom.com>
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- Organization: Landmark/ITA Inverse Theory and Applications
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- In-Reply-To: aclark@netcom.com's message of Mon, 31 Aug 92 23: 29:00 GMT
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- In article <=7hn=ha.aclark@netcom.com> aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark) writes:
- > In article <WAYNE.92Aug31112018@gumby.ita.lgc.com> wayne@ita.lgc.com (Wayne McCormick) writes:
- > >
- > >First can someone tell me how to use pboot to change a bootimage to boot from
- > >the HD?
-
- > The only "pboot" I know of is my modification of Linus' "edit" program.
- > Its purpose is only to modify a boot image so that it will use the hard
- > disk as the root file system rather than use a floppy as the root file
- > system.
- > You still need to boot from a floppy until you install boolin, shoelace,
- > lilo or some such.
- > --
- > Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.
-
- Yes, I know that. I guess I was a little unclear. I didn't mean "boot from
- the HD" like I said but "use the HD for the root partition". So, how do you
- use pboot to change the bootimage for this purpose? It only seems to hang
- and/or crash for me.
-
- Wayne
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- Wayne McCormick | Landmark/ITA, Inverse Theory & Applications
- wmccormick@ita.lgc.com | Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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