[pocket-linux] boot.b

[David Horton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: peter robinson [mailto:Peter.Robinson at t-online.de]
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:27 PM
> To: 'Support for Pocket Linux Guide'
> Subject: [pocket-linux] boot.b
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this may be a dumb question, but...here goes.
> 
> I am trying to build the boot disk for the first chapter.
> I have a SuSe 8.1 system that boots with Lilo.
> 
> However, I do not have   /boot/boot.b
> 
> Rather, I have some files called
> /boot/boot.0300
> /boot/boot.0306
> 
> 
> Is there a way of recreating the file boot.b for Pocket linux?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Peter
> 

You may not have a boot.b if your system uses GRUB or if it has a newer version of LILO.  I'm not familiar with SUSE, so I'm afraid I'm not much help.   Try lilo without the boot.b or you might try Rick Stocker's GRUB instructions on the Pocket Linux Resource Site [pocket-linux.sourceforge.net].

Dave