could i use floppy bootdisk to boot the knoppix 3.2 cd?

**kwanchan** · 05-17-2003, 02:55 PM

if a computer does not support cd-rom boot, then, is it possible to make a bootdisk such that when the system boots on floppy, the floppy bootdisk "guide" the computer to boot the knoppix 3.2 cd-rom?

if yes, could you give ma any how-to documents for creating such floppy bootdisk?

thank you for your help

**Henk Poley** · 05-17-2003, 04:20 PM

You can use the floppy image on the Knoppix CD, for windows there's little bat file that executes the right commands to write a floppy.

Or you could install Smart Boot Manager to a floppy or HD, it should be able to boot the CD-ROM (though it doesn't work on my old P100 with new 56x CD-ROM drive). Or if you are really adventures XOSL (contains SBMGR).

**kwanchan** · 05-17-2003, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by Henk Poley

You can use the floppy image on the Knoppix CD, for windows there's little bat file that executes the right commands to write a floppy.

Or you could install Smart Boot Manager to a floppy or HD, it should be able to boot the CD-ROM (though it doesn't work on my old P100 with new 56x CD-ROM drive). Or if you are really adventures XOSL (contains SBMGR).

i see the boot.img and mkfloppy.bat in the KNOPPIX folder of knoppix cd, then which file should be "cloned" (using rawrite.exe?) to an empty floppy?

**Henk Poley** · 05-17-2003, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by kwanchan

i see the boot.img and mkfloppy.bat in the KNOPPIX folder of knoppix cd, then which file should be "cloned" (using rawrite.exe?) to an empty floppy?

Double click the file under DOS or Windows it will pick the same one used for your CD, aka DE (German) or EN (English).

You do use Windows? Else, check the docs (KnoppixUsage?), it explains how to put the image on a floppy under Linux,

**Stephen** · 05-17-2003, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by Henk Poley

You do use Windows? Else, check the docs (KnoppixUsage?), it explains how to put the image on a floppy under Linux,

dd if=/cdrom_path_to/boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440 replace boot.img with boot-en.img for English disk.
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The floppy has to be unmounted.
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