boot disk problem?? noobie on the loose..

[Galidah]

i am trying to run dual boot with xp pro + mandrake 9.2
everythings fine.. but i cant get into mandrake because during the bootloader install it fails at making a boot disk..
is there an alternate way to make a 9.2 boot disk? like in windows or something?


plus.. which is better, GRUB or LILO

i like the method of simply pushing in a floppy and linux starts instead of windows.. or if i dont push in the floppy windows just starts up default.. but i cant remember how to do that.

sorry for my noob-ness. ^_^

[CMonster]

Have you considered installing Drake's bootloader on the MBR of the primary hard disk and using it to boot either Windows or Linux?

[Germ]

That's a little mandrake oops. The kernel is too big to fit on a floppy with the initrd and boot loader.

You can install lilo to a floppy and use the floppy to boot your system. put a floppy disk in the drive and use this command as root:

lilo -v -b /dev/fd0

You can also make a rescue CD to boot your MDK install.
As root use this command to make the rescue.iso:

/sbin/mkrescue --iso (The file will be placed in your current directory.)

Now, still as root, run this command to find the device number of your burner:

cdrecord -scanbus

Find your burner in the list and make note of the number. Mine is 0,0,0. Now, put a blank CD in your burner. Use this command, still as root, to burn the ISO:

cdrecord dev=x,x,x rescue.iso

Substitute your burner's device number for the x,x,x

After you get the iso burned, you can delete the file from your hard disk and use the CD to boot MDK.