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Most modern Linux distributions do not have boot floppies to start the installation; they assume that your computer is capable of booting from a CD (which it likely is). Debian is one of the few exceptions. The boot floppies can be downloaded from the Debian website. Note that the latest release doesn't support this, but the older stable release does.
Building your own Linux boot floppy isn't terribly difficult, but it will require you to compile your own kernel (the kernels found in most distributions are too large to fit on a single floppy). You would compile the kernel, put it on a floppy disk, add the SYSLINUX bootloader, and add a menu file for it. You would then add additional files for the programs and boot scripts, or create a separate floppy with the files, and specify that as the root in the bootloader (root=/dev/fda).
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If you are dual-booting Windows XP and Linux how can you reinstall XP without interrupting Linux?
Before you format xp you will need to go onto Linux and create a grub boot disk by typing grub-install /dev/fd0. This will create a floppy disk which you can use to start Linux after you have removed and reinstalled xp. After removing and reinstalling xp use the disk to get back onto Linux and use grub-install /dev/hda to restore the Linux boot screen.
How do you create a rescue boot CD in Linux?
No!
What are the steps in a booting process?
It depends on what you have set-up for the computer to boot-up. A normal setting is for it to boot from the hardrive or if you are on Linux the setting normally is; BOOT-UP LINUX *-Disk Drive *-USB Ports(sometimes, but not normally) *-Hard Drive *-Floppy Disk
What is a BOOT directory?
/boot directory is where all the file to boot Linux are stored it include the kernel image , initial ram disk. This files are read by the boot loader at the boot time.
How do you make a bootable disk of Windows Xp and 2000 if you only want to format the hard disk through the bootable disk how would you do that?
Create a dos boot disk. Make sure that it contains FORMAT and FDISK. If you have access to Windows 98 then you can create a boot disk.
How do create a boot disk to format windows xp with ntfs?
Download and boot from the Ultimate Boot CD available from http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Use a disk utility to erase the partition and Windows will do the rest when you install it. thank you pretty good windows xp boot disk
How do you create an ms-dos partition without windows installed?
You need some form of boot disk - a floppy of DOS, a Windows boot floppy, a bootable Windows CD, and sometimes Linux can be used to make a plain MS-DOS 16-bit fat) partition.
Why is it important to create an emergency startup disk?
It can help you recover from a failed boot.
On Linux how many kernels you can compile at the same time and how many kernels you can load in Linux?
You can have as many compiled kernels in your Linux installation as you want (disk space is your limit). However, you can only boot one kernel at a time.
What is the last file found in Linux?
There is no "last file" to Linux, as 1.) there is no specification as to what files need to be present in a Linux system, other than the kernel, 2.) you would have to define whether "last" meant the last file placed on the disk, or the last file in alphabetical order, and 3.) the system may use an initial ram disk, which has additional files in a compressed form, and will create device nodes upon boot.
How do you create dual boot screen?
many linux distributions you can just download and burn to cd and then boot from cd afterwards and most of them have the dual boot option so you don't need to create one but if you'd like to make one you can use a bootloader like grub or syslinux but most linux distros already have a dual boot option.
Can you install Linux using a floppy disk?
Yes, although no modern distributions directly support system installs from them. You can still use a floppy disk to install Linux from a PXE boot server, from a CD that is incapable of booting from the BIOS, or from a USB Flash drive.
