05-13-2008
Boot Floppy made in external drive
there is probably another post about this, i just can't find it on unix.com or google. basically, i am trying to make a boot floppy via CLI/terminal. the problem is that i use an external drive. when i do the first couple of steps, i get rejected. when i do the mounting and unmounting, all the sites tell me to use 'fd0'. it never works for me, im a newbee, correct me if im wrong, isn't fd0 for an internal floppy drive?
some one know the coding to make a boot floppy for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or DreamLinux?
if you need me to post any info like directories of the drives on my box, just tell me.
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GRUB(8) FSF GRUB(8)
NAME
grub - the grub shell
SYNOPSIS
grub [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Enter the GRand Unified Bootloader command shell.
--batch
turn on batch mode for non-interactive use
--boot-drive=DRIVE
specify stage2 boot_drive [default=0x0]
--config-file=FILE
specify stage2 config_file [default=/boot/grub/menu.lst]
--device-map=FILE
use the device map file FILE
--help display this message and exit
--hold wait until a debugger will attach
--install-partition=PAR
specify stage2 install_partition [default=0x20000]
--no-config-file
do not use the config file
--no-curses
do not use curses
--no-floppy
do not probe any floppy drive
--no-pager
do not use internal pager
--preset-menu
use the preset menu
--probe-second-floppy
probe the second floppy drive
--read-only
do not write anything to devices
--verbose
print verbose messages
--version
print version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for grub is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info grub
should give you access to the complete manual.
grub (GNU GRUB 0.97) May 2005 GRUB(8)