Attachment 10838 Details for Bug 19548 – Floppy Howto

Floppy Howto

floppy.xml (text/xml), 2.16 KB, created by Gerald Normandin (RETIRED) on 2003-04-18 09:41:25 UTC

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><?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
><?xml-stylesheet href="xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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><!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "dtd/guide.dtd">
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><guide link="/doc/lang/the-doc.xml">
><title>Gentoo LiveCD Boot Floppy</title>
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><author title = "Author Gerald Normandin">
><mail link = "gerrynjrNOSPAM@nfnnet.org (remove NOSPAM)">Gerald Normandin</mail></author>
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><version>0.01</version>
><date>Thursday, April 17 2003</date>
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><abstract>This HOWTO will show you how to make a bootloader floppy.This bootloader will allow a system that cannot boot a cd directly the ability to do so. </abstract>
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><chapter> 
><title> Let's Begin </title>
><body> The Gentoo Bootloader Floppy (called GBF from now on) allows a system that does not support booting a cdrom to do so from floppy. How is this possible? Well, this special piece of software, based on the great work from Smart Boot Manager. <uri>btmgr.sf.net</uri> The steps to build this floppy will vary depending upon what OS you are using to create it. This howto will focus on using a premade floppy image to make the GBF.
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><chapter>
><title> Using Linux to make the GBF</title>
><body>
>OK to start off, you need the GBF image. This can be found at <uri>http://insert gentoo link here/gentooboot.img</uri> Once this image has been obtained, we can use the <c>dd</c> command:
><pre> 
>#<i>dd if=gentooboot.img of=/dev/fd0</i>
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><note> /dev/fd0 is the name of your floppy drive, change it accordingly</note>
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>From here, you can put the floppy in, as well as the liveCD, and you should be good to go!
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></chapter>
><chapter>
><title> Using windows to make the boot floppy</title>
><body> If you have not yet obtained the boot image, please do so. Ok, for windows we will use a tool called rawritewin. This tool can be found from <uri> attached to email </uri> To use rawritewin, click the elipsis (...) button after the image file test box, and navigate to where you saved the boot image. After doing so, click the write button. You should be all set. Simplay put the cd in the drive, as well as the floppy in it's drive, and you will be good to go.
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><chapter> 
><title> After this, follow the Gentoo/X86 tutorial</title>
></chapter>
></guide>

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