Red Hat Installation - Catch 22

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Catch 22 - Dual Boot help

Mark Durrenberger

2004-04-03, 4:38 pm

I've a Dell laptop I'm trying to setup as a dual boot (Fedora Core 1 along
with win2k).

I've successfully partitioned my drive and installed Fedora now I'm working
on the dual boot part.
The instructions (http://www.geocities.com/epark/linu...-w2k-HOWTO.html )
tell me to copy my linux boot partition to a floppy (or a Fat partition
which I don't have)

Sounds easy enough but the only way I can get to my Linux installation is by
booting from a CD and if I have CD installed, I don't have the Floppy
installed and I can't have both. THerefore, no way to copy the boot
partition to a floppy. (BTW, I'm trying to use GRUB as my bootloader).

As an alternative, I went hunting for a Red Hat floppy image. Figure I could
boot from floppy then swap floppies to do the copy. Problem is that the
only image I found is an "Install" image
(http://www.linuxmigration.com/quick...media.html#bwin) and it
seems to only let me do an installation and I can't "get to" a user prompt.

Can someone help?

Thanks
Mark

William Winkler

2004-04-03, 8:36 pm

Your best option is to set up grub to boot both linux and windows. Then you
won't need a boot floppy.

If your CD drive can write, you also have the option of creating a boot CD
instead of a boot floppy.

"Mark Durrenberger" <durrenm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ro-dnR8W9oWQvvLdRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
> I've a Dell laptop I'm trying to setup as a dual boot (Fedora Core 1 along
> with win2k).
>
> I've successfully partitioned my drive and installed Fedora now I'm
working
> on the dual boot part.
> The instructions
(http://www.geocities.com/epark/linu...-w2k-HOWTO.html )
> tell me to copy my linux boot partition to a floppy (or a Fat partition
> which I don't have)
>
> Sounds easy enough but the only way I can get to my Linux installation is
by
> booting from a CD and if I have CD installed, I don't have the Floppy
> installed and I can't have both. THerefore, no way to copy the boot
> partition to a floppy. (BTW, I'm trying to use GRUB as my bootloader).
>
> As an alternative, I went hunting for a Red Hat floppy image. Figure I
could
> boot from floppy then swap floppies to do the copy. Problem is that the
> only image I found is an "Install" image
> (http://www.linuxmigration.com/quick...media.html#bwin) and it
> seems to only let me do an installation and I can't "get to" a user
prompt.
>
> Can someone help?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
>

Lenard

2004-04-03, 8:36 pm

On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:46:29 -0500, Mark Durrenberger wrote:

> I've a Dell laptop I'm trying to setup as a dual boot (Fedora Core 1
> along with win2k).
>
> I've successfully partitioned my drive and installed Fedora now I'm
> working on the dual boot part.
> The instructions
> (http://www.geocities.com/epark/linu...-w2k-HOWTO.html ) tell me to
> copy my linux boot partition to a floppy (or a Fat partition which I
> don't have)
>
> Sounds easy enough but the only way I can get to my Linux installation
> is by booting from a CD and if I have CD installed, I don't have the
> Floppy installed and I can't have both. THerefore, no way to copy the
> boot partition to a floppy. (BTW, I'm trying to use GRUB as my
> bootloader).
>
> As an alternative, I went hunting for a Red Hat floppy image. Figure I
> could boot from floppy then swap floppies to do the copy. Problem is
> that the only image I found is an "Install" image
> (http://www.linuxmigration.com/quick...media.html#bwin) and it
> seems to only let me do an installation and I can't "get to" a user
> prompt.
>
> Can someone help?

Create the linux.bin as per the directions from the URL you provided.

Download , install and use explore2fs;
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

to copy the linux.bin file from your Linux partition to your Windows
partition.

No Catch 22

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Sandgroper

2004-04-04, 9:34 am

"Mark Durrenberger" <durrenm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ro-dnR8W9oWQvvLdRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
> I've a Dell laptop I'm trying to setup as a dual boot (Fedora Core 1 along
> with win2k).
>
> I've successfully partitioned my drive and installed Fedora now I'm
working
> on the dual boot part.
> The instructions
(http://www.geocities.com/epark/linu...-w2k-HOWTO.html )
> tell me to copy my linux boot partition to a floppy (or a Fat partition
> which I don't have)
>
> Sounds easy enough but the only way I can get to my Linux installation is
by
> booting from a CD and if I have CD installed, I don't have the Floppy
> installed and I can't have both. THerefore, no way to copy the boot
> partition to a floppy. (BTW, I'm trying to use GRUB as my bootloader).
>
> As an alternative, I went hunting for a Red Hat floppy image. Figure I
could
> boot from floppy then swap floppies to do the copy. Problem is that the
> only image I found is an "Install" image
> (http://www.linuxmigration.com/quick...media.html#bwin) and it
> seems to only let me do an installation and I can't "get to" a user
prompt.

What your really should have done was partitioned the HDD , using the DOS
fdisk utility, installed Win2K first and then installed Fedora last because
Windows likes to have only one MBR on the HDD.

Installing Windows first means that Fedora can write to the Win2K MBR and
set up Grub so that you don't have to use a boot disk every time you want to
boot to Fedora.

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Mark Durrenberger

2004-04-04, 10:35 am

A little late for this. :-(

M.

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> "Mark Durrenberger" <durrenm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ro-dnR8W9oWQvvLdRVn-iQ@comcast.com...
along[color=darkred]
> working
> (http://www.geocities.com/epark/linu...-w2k-HOWTO.html )
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> by
> could
> prompt.
>
> What your really should have done was partitioned the HDD , using the DOS
> fdisk utility, installed Win2K first and then installed Fedora last
because
> Windows likes to have only one MBR on the HDD.
>
> Installing Windows first means that Fedora can write to the Win2K MBR and
> set up Grub so that you don't have to use a boot disk every time you want
to
> boot to Fedora.
>
>
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Mark Durrenberger

2004-04-04, 10:35 am

Thanks. just the tool I was looking for.

Seems you understood my question perfectly perhaps better than I did :-)

Mark

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Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
________________________________________
________________

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Lenard" <lenard@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.04.04.01.34.48.4775@127.0.0.1...
> On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 15:46:29 -0500, Mark Durrenberger wrote:
>
>
> Create the linux.bin as per the directions from the URL you provided.
>
> Download , install and use explore2fs;
> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>
> to copy the linux.bin file from your Linux partition to your Windows
> partition.
>
> No Catch 22
>
>
>
> --
> Posted under the XFree86 v.1.0 license
> Copyright remains with the author

Sandgroper

2004-04-04, 2:34 pm

"Mark Durrenberger" <durrenm@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> A little late for this. :-(
>

Keep it in mind for the next time you create a dual boot system.

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