Trouble making boot floppies

Right after installing Suse 10.0 I tried to create boot and resque
floppies. I was able to create boot #1 & #2 but after those I always Get an
error msg instantly. First it asked to have the cd#1 in the dvd writter.
After I put it in it asked for it in the dvd rom. It keep doing this until
I made a copy of cd#1 and put one in both drives. Then it made two disks.
After that it would get the flopy image but instately it would give an
error message about "An error occured whey coping the image file to the
floppy".
I tried it again so I could be sure of the error message and this time I
was able to make disks #3-7 but then with 8 it got the error message again.
I did not find anything in your messages about this.
Bob Rawlinson

rarawlinson@verizon.net wrote:

> Right after installing Suse 10.0 I tried to create boot and resque
> floppies. I was able to create boot #1 & #2 but after those I always Get
> an error msg instantly. First it asked to have the cd#1 in the dvd
> writter. After I put it in it asked for it in the dvd rom. It keep doing
> this until I made a copy of cd#1 and put one in both drives. Then it made
> two disks. After that it would get the flopy image but instately it would
> give an error message about "An error occured whey coping the image file
> to the floppy".
> I tried it again so I could be sure of the error message and this time I
> was able to make disks #3-7 but then with 8 it got the error message
> again. I did not find anything in your messages about this.
> Bob Rawlinson

Hi Bob,

If you have an old computer that can't boot from CD than you need floppies,
otherwise you can boot using installation CD1.

In main menu you can select Rescue system that is bigger than the one on
floppies. For repair operation or to boot installed system you should
select Installation. The first screen after acceptance of license agreement
will offer you New Installation, Update and left bottom Other. If you click
on Other you have options to Repair Installed System or Boot installed
system.

You can see that all is covered if you want to work with installed SUSE
system.

Believe it or not, but SUSE Repair Installed System is fine tool to bring
almost to ground beaten installation back to life. Other distros and some
other OS for that purpose use Rescue <whatever>, where average user can't
do much. Even for user that has experience such rescue is all but friendly,
and it is usually just the prelude to reinstallation.

--
Regards,
Rajko.

Rajko M. wrote:

> rarawlinson@verizon.net wrote:
>
>> Right after installing Suse 10.0 I tried to create boot and resque
>> floppies. I was able to create boot #1 & #2 but after those I always Get
>> an error msg instantly. First it asked to have the cd#1 in the dvd
>> writter. After I put it in it asked for it in the dvd rom. It keep doing
>> this until I made a copy of cd#1 and put one in both drives. Then it made
>> two disks. After that it would get the flopy image but instately it would
>> give an error message about "An error occured whey coping the image file
>> to the floppy".
>> I tried it again so I could be sure of the error message and this time I
>> was able to make disks #3-7 but then with 8 it got the error message
>> again. I did not find anything in your messages about this.
>> Bob Rawlinson
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> If you have an old computer that can't boot from CD than you need
> floppies, otherwise you can boot using installation CD1.
>
> In main menu you can select Rescue system that is bigger than the one on
> floppies. For repair operation or to boot installed system you should
> select Installation. The first screen after acceptance of license
> agreement will offer you New Installation, Update and left bottom Other.
> If you click on Other you have options to Repair Installed System or Boot
> installed system.
>
> You can see that all is covered if you want to work with installed SUSE
> system.
>
> Believe it or not, but SUSE Repair Installed System is fine tool to bring
> almost to ground beaten installation back to life. Other distros and some
> other OS for that purpose use Rescue <whatever>, where average user can't
> do much. Even for user that has experience such rescue is all but
> friendly, and it is usually just the prelude to reinstallation.
>
Just a question on simular subject; When I was on 9.1 I tried to do a repair
but it bombed out. I suspect its because my 9.1 came with the 2.4 kernel
and one of the SUSE updates was to the 2.6 kernel. Whats the best way to
repair a system in this situation. It also would not boot the installed
system which i tried before attempting a repair.

I'm currently on 10.0.
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russbucket

russbucket wrote:

<snip>
> Just a question on simular subject; When I was on 9.1 I tried to do a
> repair but it bombed out. I suspect its because my 9.1 came with the 2.4
> kernel and one of the SUSE updates was to the 2.6 kernel. Whats the best
> way to repair a system in this situation. It also would not boot the
> installed system which i tried before attempting a repair.
>
> I'm currently on 10.0.

Hi Russ,

I can't recall 9.1 details, is there any repair option, or you have to
select update existing system. I'm not sure will that work, as update can
refuse to change anything if existing files on hard disk are newer than on
CD, but you can try.

You can help me with exact error message/s during the boot and is 9.1
located on same or other machine.

--
Regards,
Rajko.