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- A short description of the boot disks
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-
- All kernels are modularized. This means that almost all drivers are loaded
- as kernel modules.
-
- You can create a new boot/install floppy if you have access to either a
- running Linux box or a running DOS box.
-
- Choose one of the boot images in this directory according to the list below.
-
- Under DOS, write it to a formatted (i.e. error-free) 1.44MB-floppy using
- CD1:/dosutils/rawrite/rawrite.exe.
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- Under Linux, use a command like
-
- cd /whereCD1isMounted/disks
- dd if=./myBestBootImageAccordingToReadme of=/dev/fd0u1440
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- Now you have a new boot/install floppy which you can use to boot either the
- installed system or the rescue system from CD.
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- bootdisk: Standard bootdisk
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- i386: Fallback bootdisk for i386 and older Cyrix processors.
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- rescue: Rescue disk
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- Only a few modules fit on the bootdisk. Therefore two modules floppies
- exist. If you do not find the driver for your hardware on the normal disk,
- just insert the appropriate modules disk as soon as linuxrc starts.
-
- modules: SCSI/RAID/EIDE and PCMCIA modules.
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- modules2: Network modules and old (non-ATAPI) CDROM drivers.
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