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  • Subject: Re: [BL] issues with hard drive booting
  • Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:17:57 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

I did a hard drive install (which took a lot of Googling because BL3 is
pretty undocumented).

I believe these are the steps(?)

-fdisk -C 7944 -H 16 -S 63 /dev/hda1
-n
-w

I just type fdisk /dev/hda1 and then n etc to choose partition size and type. BL does not need 3GB - do you also have a swap partition?


-mke2fs /dev/hda1
-mount /dev/hda1 /hd
-install-to-hd
-reboot with floppy 1 still in the drive
-hit ctrl when you see LILO
-hd root=/dev/hda1
-lilo -v
-fdisk -C 7944 -H 16 -S 63 /dev/hda1

Why are you fdisking a second time instead of just rebooting?
I don't understand the C 7944 part but perhaps you are repartitioning.

-a

(the fdisk command being for the 3.8gb hard drive in my Toshiba Satellite
Pro 480CDT with a BIOS that forgot how to boot CDs)

Correct me if I may be wrong, but if I do those steps, shouldn't I be able
to boot BL3 without a floppy?





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