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Title: Boot Diskette for 7.4?
Post by: jimgoode on March 25, 2009, 10:40:39 PM

I noticed on upgrading from 6.0.1-01 to 7.4 that I was never given the option to create a new boot diskette. The 6.0.1-01 will no longer work because the kernel files have been removed.

Does 7.4 support a different method for emergency boots?

Thanks,
Jim

Title: Re: Boot Diskette for 7.4?
Post by: Stefano on March 25, 2009, 10:52:22 PM

jimgoode:

what you are looking for is the 'rescue' mode boot from installation cd.

please take some time to read the documentation

Thank you
ciao
Stefano

Title: Re: Boot Diskette for 7.4?
Post by: uniqsys on March 25, 2009, 10:57:16 PM

Quote from: jimgoode on March 25, 2009, 10:40:39 PM

I noticed on upgrading from 6.0.1-01 to 7.4 that I was never given the option to create a new boot diskette. The 6.0.1-01 will no longer work because the kernel files have been removed.

Does 7.4 support a different method for emergency boots?

Usually the install CD which has the ability to start with various command line options.
see http://wiki.contribs.org/Booting (http://wiki.contribs.org/Booting)

Reading the documentation before asking all these questions might help you more.  Some things have changed (for the better) since 6.01.

Title: Re: Boot Diskette for 7.4?
Post by: jimgoode on March 25, 2009, 11:07:18 PM

Thanks. I remember reading about 'rescue', but had forgotten about it. After 20+ years of using diskettes for recovery, I automatically make sure I have a current one when I update a system.

Title: Re: Boot Diskette for 7.4?
Post by: cactus on March 26, 2009, 09:37:07 PM

See http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792 for what and why support for rescue disks was dropped.