booting without floppy

[phobik]

hi

ive installed slackware 10 without a boot loader and i dont have a floppy.
how can i boot my system so i can install grub, is it possible to do it from the slack install cdrom?
i tried doing 'bare.i root=/dev/hda3' but it didnt use the installed system i dont think because i had to mount hda3 myself.

cheers

[gehidore]

Originally posted by phobik
hi

ive installed slackware 10 without a boot loader and i dont have a floppy.
how can i boot my system so i can install grub, is it possible to do it from the slack install cdrom?
i tried doing 'bare.i root=/dev/hda3' but it didnt use the installed system i dont think because i had to mount hda3 myself.

cheers

if in fact the / partition is /dev/hda3 then it did in fact use the installed system, but with bare.i kernel from the cdrom.

otherwise i dont understand what your saying.

[saikee]

If you manage to log as the root user the line

grub-install /dev/hda

will make the system bootable from the hard disk.

[phobik]

Originally posted by gehidore
if in fact the / partition is /dev/hda3 then it did in fact use the installed system, but with bare.i kernel from the cdrom.

otherwise i dont understand what your saying.

sorry if i havent explained myself properly but i dont have a great deal of experience with linux, ill try again.

i installed slack normally without a boot loader and i couldnt make a floppy boot disk cos i dont have a floppy drive. normally id make a boot floppy, boot from that install grub and everything cool.

now what i want to do is find another way of booting the system, is it possible to do it from the slackware installation cd? do i have to make a boot cd?

when i try to boot from the installation cd it does not boot my system, instead it does the installation sequence and i get the same prompt and the usual messages ie 'type network to setup ur network and type setup to begin the linux installation'

i installed x kde gnome etc so i would expect to see either of those or a boot screen when trying to boot from the cd but i dont.

i hope thats a bit clearer thanks for the help

[saikee]

I can't remember if Slackware uses Grub as the bootloader but since you say it is so I put up the reply.

When you are in Slackware you can log in as the root user giving you the maximum privileage. By issuing the command as I described previously you instruct the kernel to install the bootloader into the hard disk devive hda. As no partition is given Linux will put it into the first primary partition and that is the MBR.

After that your LInux should be bootable from the hard disk. There is nothing complicated.

[blobaugh]

Yeah, just put in your slack cd and try to find a terminal or rescue mode then just mount your systems partition and do what saikee said