slackware boot disks

[Shaun Oliver]

thank you very much for that greg. there may be an occassion where I need
to remove lilo from the mbr. for example, if I need to do a reformat of my
um. ah. c drive, or something drastic like that.


Shaun..
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On Wed, 30 May 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Actually, the liloconfig command wouldn't work here
> since it sets up the floppy to boot a system from the hd.
> I'm referring to booting an install floppy with a custom kernel.
> Also, you can get rid of lilo from your mbr in two ways.
> The first is to simply type "lilo -u".
> Also, you can get a windows 9x boot floppy. At the DOS command prompt, type "fdisk /mbr", and reboot.
> Hope this helps.
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 10:24:02PM +1000, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> > if u want to install lilo on a floppy, just use the lilo config tool.
> > actually, if I ever need to, can I remove lilo from the mbr?
> > I had to put it there as my linux drive is not a bootable drive.
> > 
> > 
> > Shaun..
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> > On Tue, 29 May 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > 
> > > I'd be interested in this too. Is there a config file available for the bare.i  kernels? Also, how does one install lilo on a floppy?
> > > Greg
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 07:16:24AM -0700, Holmes, Steve wrote:
> > > > I would also be interested in doing this.  So far, I have been unable to
> > > > find out the correct config choices for a proper distribution-worthy kernel
> > > > compile; one thing to compile a kernel for myself but for general use I
> > > > would want to get the options right before I go off patching speakup and
> > > > distributing publically.
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Raul A. Gallegos [mailto:raul at asmodean.net]
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:33 AM
> > > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > Subject: slackware boot disks
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone updated any slackware disk using the newer cvs speakup?  This
> > > > way one can have fewer choices to choose from since the newer speakup will
> > > > allow all synthesizers to be compiled in it?
> > > > 
> > > > If not I'd like to learn how to make slackware boot disks using a modified
> > > > speakup enabled kernel.  I already know how to compile a kernel but What
> > > > I'm not sure of is how to take a slackware precompiled kernel and compile
> > > > speakup into it keeping it's settings in tact.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Raul A. Gallegos
> > > > Email: raul at asmodean.net	icq#: 5283055
> > > > msn: ragallegos at hotmail.com	aim: raulagallegos
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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