diff --git a/postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml b/postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml index b37c9fa533..6fbdbd672c 100644 --- a/postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml +++ b/postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml @@ -6,76 +6,82 @@ ]> - -$LastChangedBy$ -$Date$ - - -Creating a Custom Boot Device + - -Decent Rescue Boot Device Needs -This section is really about creating a rescue -device. As the name rescue implies, the host -system has a problem, often lost partition information or corrupted file -systems, that prevent it from booting and/or operating normally. For -this reason, you must not depend on resources from -the host being "rescued". To presume that any given partition or hard -drive will be available is a risky presumption. + + $LastChangedBy$ + $Date$ + -In a modern system, there are many devices that can be -used as a rescue device: floppy, cdrom, usb drive, or even a network card. -Which one you use depends on your hardware and your BIOS. In the past, -we usually thought of rescue device as a floppy disk. Today, many -systems do not even have a floppy drive. + Creating a Custom Boot Device -Building a complete rescue device is a challenging task. In many -ways, it is equivalent to building an entire LFS system. -In addition, it would be a repitition of information already available. -For these reasons, the procedures for a rescue device image are not -presented here. - + + Decent Rescue Boot Device Needs - -Creating a Rescue Floppy + This section is really about creating a rescue + device. As the name rescue implies, the host + system has a problem, often lost partition information or corrupted file + systems, that prevent it from booting and/or operating normally. For + this reason, you must not depend on resources from + the host being "rescued". To presume that any given partition or hard + drive will be available is a risky presumption. -The software of today's systems has grown large. Linux 2.6 no longer -supports booting directly from a floppy. In spite of this, there are solutions -available using older version of Linux. One of the best is Tom's Root/Boot -Disk available at . This will provide a -minimal Linux system on a single floppy disk and provides the ability to -customize the contents of your disk if necessary. + In a modern system, there are many devices that can be + used as a rescue device: floppy, cdrom, usb drive, or even a network card. + Which one you use depends on your hardware and your BIOS. In the past, + we usually thought of rescue device as a floppy disk. Today, many + systems do not even have a floppy drive. - + Building a complete rescue device is a challenging task. In many + ways, it is equivalent to building an entire LFS system. + In addition, it would be a repitition of information already available. + For these reasons, the procedures for a rescue device image are not + presented here. - -Creating a Bootable CD-ROM + -There are several sources that can be used for a rescue CD-ROM. -Just about any commercial distribution's installation CD-ROMs or -DVDs will work. These include RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE. One -very popular option is Knoppix. + + Creating a Rescue Floppy -In addition, the LFS Community has developed its own Boot -CD-ROM available at . -A copy of this CD-ROM is available with the printed version of the Linux -From Scratch book. If you download the ISO image, use to -copy the image to a CD-ROM. + The software of today's systems has grown large. Linux 2.6 no longer + supports booting directly from a floppy. In spite of this, there are solutions + available using older version of Linux. One of the best is Tom's Root/Boot + Disk available at . This will provide a + minimal Linux system on a single floppy disk and provides the ability to + customize the contents of your disk if necessary. -In the future, the build instructions for this CD-ROM will be presented, -but they are not available at this writing. - + - -Creating a Bootable USB Drive + + Creating a Bootable CD-ROM -A USB Pen drive, sometimes called a Thumb drive, is recognized by Linux as -a SCSI device. Using one of these devices as a rescue device has the advantage -that it is usually large enough to hold more than a minimal boot image. You -can save critical data to the drive as well as use it to diagnose and recover -a damaged system. Booting such a drive requires BIOS support, but building the -system consists of formatting the drive, adding grub -as well as the kernel and supporting files. + There are several sources that can be used for a rescue CD-ROM. + Just about any commercial distribution's installation CD-ROMs or + DVDs will work. These include RedHat, Mandrake, and SuSE. One + very popular option is Knoppix. - - + In addition, the LFS Community has developed its own Boot + CD-ROM available at . + A copy of this CD-ROM is available with the printed version of the Linux + From Scratch book. If you download the ISO image, use to + copy the image to a CD-ROM. + + In the future, the build instructions for this CD-ROM will be presented, + but they are not available at this writing. + + + + + Creating a Bootable USB Drive + + A USB Pen drive, sometimes called a Thumb drive, is recognized by Linux as + a SCSI device. Using one of these devices as a rescue device has the advantage + that it is usually large enough to hold more than a minimal boot image. You + can save critical data to the drive as well as use it to diagnose and recover + a damaged system. Booting such a drive requires BIOS support, but building the + system consists of formatting the drive, adding grub + as well as the kernel and supporting files. + + + +