Boot Disk Creation


To create a boot disk, insert a blank, formatted diskette into your diskette drive (see Figure A-33) and click Next. It is highly recommended that you create a boot disk. If for some reason your system is not able to boot properly using GRUB, LILO, or a third-party boot loader, a boot disk will enable you to properly boot your Red Hat Linux system.

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Figure A-33: Creating your boot disk

After a short delay, your boot disk will be created; remove it from your diskette drive and label it clearly. Note that if you would like to create a boot disk after the installation, you will be able to do so. For more information, please see the mkbootdisk man page by typing man mkbootdisk at the shell prompt. If you do not want to create a boot disk, make sure to select the appropriate option before you click Next.

If you boot your system with the boot disk (instead of with GRUB or LILO) , make sure you create a new boot disk whenever you make any changes to your kernel (including the installation of a new kernel).




Official Red Hat Linux Administrator's Guide
Official Red Hat Linux Administrators Guide
ISBN: 0764516957
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 278
Authors: Red Hat Inc

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