[ale] bootstrapping linux (fwd)

[Matt Shade]

Just a couple additions/changes for scsi.

George A. Nies wrote:
> 
> Greg Hankins wrote:
> >
> > Some piece of crap "operating system" (W95) overwrote my MBR so I
> > can't boot up linux any more. Furthermore, the rescue disks I made
> > when I initially installed linux (version 1.?) won't work with my new
> > 2.0 kernel. I downloaded a new boot.img/supp.img from
> > ftp.cc.gatech.edu:/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat-4.1/i386/images,
> > and can now get my machine to boot off of floppy, but it boots up
> > using the floppy as the root filesystem.
> >
> 
> Ok, there is a simple answer for this.
> ftp to ftp.cc.gatech.edu and look in
> pub/linux/distributions/slackware/bootdsks.144
> get the file called "bare.i" (assuming you have IDE hard drives)

I believe SCSI drives were stated, so you want "scsi.s" or some other
".s" file specific to your adapter since "scsi.s" has most adapters
built in.

> also get RAWRITE.EXE
> use RAWRITE to copy bare.i to a 3.5" floppy
> boot from that floppy
> at the _first_ prompt type
> mount root=/dev/hd??
> where ??=your root device ex hda1 hda2 ...

Make that   mount root=/dev/sd?

> This will boot the kernel on the floppy (currently 2.0.27) but
> use your harddrive for the root disk.
> once the system is up, log in as root and type
> lilo
> 
> That should be the end of your problems
> 
>         -George