Re: [tlug] Making new boot image for RH cd...

[roy lo <roylo@example.com>]

Sure, glad I can help.

As always you can create your own boot image as well.





Mancy, Raymond wrote:
> Cheers...thanks for that. I think I have been to that page before, May have
> to go and download some SuSE ISO images...
> 
> Ray
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: roy lo [mailto:roylo@example.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 8:04 AM
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: [tlug] Making new boot image for RH cd...
> 
> 
> I went to the Linux on Laptop webpage and looked up the information for 
> you laptop. on one of the web page
> http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/portege3440CT/
> it says
> 
> "according to Toshiba, the BIOS is not capable of booting the 2.88MB 
> boot image on the first CD."
> 
> I guess you were right, the bios did limited the boot image.
> 
> 
> "Starting with SuSE Linux 7.2, the installation floppies do also include 
> the necessary USB drivers to talk to USB storage devices like the floppy 
> drive or a CD-ROM drive. For SuSE Linux 7.1, I had to create a special 
> boot floppy, that included the necessary network driver on the same 
> disk, because you could not load additional drivers from another floppy 
> disk - linuxrc could not access the USB floppy drive after the kernel 
> had booted."
> 
> So, that might be a good ideal as well.
> 
> you can take a look of that page 
> (http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/portege3440CT/)
> 
> and maybe find it use for to your problem
> 
> 
> 
> later
> 
> 
> Mancy, Raymond wrote:
> 
>>I am using a Toshiba portege 3440ct....funny thing is, is that I am sure I
>>have gotten it to load the disc before (thats how I originally got RH on
>>it), for some reason it wont boot anymore though. its not the disc which
>>
> is
> 
>>at fault, and its not the computer either (well...it could be the bios as
>>other ppl have said the same to me about loading RH on a toshiba) but it
>>will boot other disc's...i.e windows disc's.
>>
>>It looks as if my computer all of a sudden decided it didnt like linux
>>anymore...and wont let me load it.
>>
>>Ray
>>
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>>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:53 PM
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>>Subject: Re: [tlug] Making new boot image for RH cd...
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>>Mancy, Raymond wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>I figured out why my toshiba laptop cannot boot RH CD's....I hear that it
>>>
>>>
>>is
>>
>>
>>>because the image is 2.88mb...too big for the bios apparently.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>really? I had/have 3 toshiba laptops and never have problems with them. 
>>can you tell me what model do you have?
>>Also, I don't think bios size has much to do with loading boot images. 
>>It ought to be independent of each other.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Is it possible to somehow change the boot image for the redhat CD? Do you
>>>think it would be possible to throw the boot.img,the one used to boot from
>>>floppy, into the iso image and have it boot succesfully ?
>>>
>>>
>>yes
>>
>>
>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Ray
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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