[ltp] Help Needed

skipper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:13:59 +0200


Many thanks for the links Adrian,

I will follow through

Regards,

David

Adrian Bastholm wrote:
> http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/
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> On Nov 22, 2007 2:47 PM, skipper <skipper@gbenet.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> Chopped off the contents ..................... I screwed up my grub
>> menu.lst file in /boot/grub - this is after getting Linspire up and
>> running on a fresh install - BUT I killed it on going to CNR which after
>> installing an update of the CNR programme killed my keyboard, mouse,
>> nic. Oh well UBUNTU here I come!
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>> What I need to do is create a bootable linux floppy - that will read my
>> hard disk - I then need to have a very small editor on it so I can edit
>> my menu.lst file. I downloaded debian and created two floppies - ash and
>> nano could not access (mount) hard disk. I have also got a grub boot
>> floppy but there's nothing to edit menu.lst with ........................
>>
>> So, is it possible to create a bootable linux floppy via dos with an
>> editor? If so how?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David
>>
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