11-09-2008
unixware 7.1.0 boot floppy #2 needed if someone has one.
Hi all,
I'm reinstalling unixware 7.1.0 on another machine for a customer that will replace the existing machine that is now in use. When i go to start the install the second floppy is not recognized. These are the original sco floppies.
I have recreated the boot floppies from the CD and same thing. First one boots fine second it not recognized.
I went to APlawrence's site and used the link to download the images from Caldera's FTP site. Same thing. One is fine and second is not.
Just to test my equipment (floppies and floppy drive) I downloaded the 7.1.1 boot disks and they worked fine. These are the same floppies and the same floppy drive that I used for the 7.1.0 disk images (same version of rawrite) but whenever I try to use the 7.1.0 images it never sees the second disk.
Could there be a bad img on the ftp site? Even if that is true how could the image on the CD be bad?
I originally thought it would be a hardware problem but the 7.1.1 disks boot fine. I've deleted and recreated them 3 times and they always work.
Anybody ever have this issue before?
Does anyone have a working img2 boot disk for 7.1.0 that they could image with rawrite and send me? If so please shoot me a PM.
thanks
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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
grub2-bios-setup
GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3) Library Functions Manual GRUB-BIOS-SETUP(3)
NAME
grub-bios-setup -- Set up images to boot from a device.
SYNOPSIS
grub-bios-setup [-a | --allow-floppy] [-b | --boot-image=FILE]
[-c | --core-image=FILE] [-d | --directory=DIR]
[-f | --force] [-m | --device-map=FILE]
[-s | --skip-fs-probe] [-v | --verbose] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
OPTIONS
--allow-floppy
Make the device also bootable as a floppy. This option is the default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not boot images cre-
ated with this option.
--boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image. The default value is boot.img.
--core-image=FILE
Use FILE as ther core image. The default value is core.img.
--directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR. The default value is /boot/grub.
--force
Install even if problems are detected.
--device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map. The default value is /boot/grub/device.map .
--skip-fs-probe
Do not probe DEVICE for filesystems.
--verbose
Print verbose messages.
SEE ALSO
info grub
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