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siflis
11-02-2001, 05:53 PM
I just read the NHF about burning cds with X-CD-Roast, and I thought, hey, that's neato! But then I thought, wait, I don't use lilo, so how am I going to get my system to start? Basically, my question is, if I use a boot disk to start linux, how can I change to boot disk so it recognizes the changes I made to the kernal? I've had bad experiences with lilo, and I would like to avoid it at all costs...hope you guys and gals can help me out!
-siflis, the other white meat.
You could use Grub (http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub.en.html) as your boot loader.
;)
scanez
11-03-2001, 03:20 AM
There is a way to add the
append="hdX=ide-scsi"
to a boot floppy, but I can't remember it. I think it was posted not too long ago on one of these forums. Try a search for similar topics.
SC
Edit: Found some info. When you boot off a floppy, do you still get a lilo prompt? If so type
linux hdX=ide-scsi
where hdX is your cd-rw drive. You can also edit the lilo.conf file on your floppy and add
append="hdX=ide-scsi"
Either one should work. Good luck.
SC
[ 03 November 2001: Message edited by: scanez ]
jaygee432
11-03-2001, 12:58 PM
You could just load the module each time you want to use it and not worry about booting it. I believe you would just su root and type insmod ide-scsi at the prompt.
scanez
11-03-2001, 01:32 PM
Originally posted by jaygee432:
<STRONG>You could just load the module each time you want to use it and not worry about booting it. I believe you would just su root and type insmod ide-scsi at the prompt.</STRONG>
In addition to loading the module, he still has to have his computer boot up thinking that hdX is a scsi drive, that is what the append statement is for. He still needs that.
Right?
[ 03 November 2001: Message edited by: scanez ]