Re: [tlug] NEC Trouble (Bootable from floppy?)

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Matt Gushee wrote:

> > [LHS] Can I set up SuSE 9.3 to boot from a floppy?
> >    
>
> Sure, any Linux distro can be booted from a floppy. Making a
> full-fledged rescue disk is a bit complex, but assuming your system is
> intact on the HD you don't necessarily need that *right now*, and maybe
> not at all (these days, I think most distros have installation CDs that
> double as rescue CDs).
>
> There are several possible approaches, but probably the simplest thing
> is to install the GRUB boot loader on the boot sector of a floppy ...
> the GRUB documentation isn't the greatest in the world, but you should
> be able to figure it out.
>
> Another possibility is to use the Smart Boot Manager floppy from
>
>  <http://linux.simple.be/tools/sbm>
>
> (there's something else called Smart Boot Manager, but I don't think
> it's related).
>
> With SBM, you download a floppy disk image, put it on a floppy, and boot
> with it, and it then lets you select a drive to boot from. This tool has
> been around for a while and at one time was the recommended way to
> install Debian if your CD-rom wasn't bootable, so I think it's pretty
> reliable.

Thanks!  I'll give one of those a try.  I found this page regarding GRUB:
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue64/kohli.html

- that looks like it might walk me through GRUB if I go that way.

Thanks again!

Lyle