Re: Linux Boot Floppy Went Bad on W2K-Linux Dual Boot

Richard Z. Ward wrote:
> When I try to use the floppy to boot Linux, I get an error 0x407 at the
> beginning of the boot process and the disk drive makes screeching noises.
> I'm pretty sure the disk is bad.
> 
> The installation of Red Hat Linux is sitting on a FAT32 drive in 2 files:
> 
> redhat.img (2GB)
> rh-swap.img (32MB)
> 
> I have tried using a new boot floppy created by rawrite from the Linux CD,
> but none of the obvious options work (eg. the rescue option).

Did you try to boot from the CD and then type `linux rescue`?

Forrest
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