Booting from floppy

surma884 · n00b Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 6

Hello,

I am going to install Gentoo, but first I want to know how to boot from a floppy. I don't want LILO/GRUB to take over the MBR. I want it to just boot Windows. When I have a floppy inserted I want it to boot Gentoo that I'm going to install on the HDD. How do I create a boot disk to load my Gentoo installation off the HDD? I have read the Bootdisk HOWTO, but it's freaking confusing.

EDIT: I just realized...is there a way to load the HDD Gentoo installation using you Gentoo Universal CD? Even though I might have to type in a few commands, I think it would be easier.

asiB4 · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy.html#Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy

Taken directly from the Grub Manual. Check it out.

Chad
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