install grub to floppy during install

[Dale Kosan]

Thanks, I forgot the () part, been a while since I have used Linux. 
Unfortunately it still does not work. The installer never does try and 
write to the disk. I have verified the drive and floppy disk is working 
correctly. I have used this method in the past with Fedora, Mandrake 
and Suse, all had no problems with this setup. I guess I may have to 
continue with one of the other distro's. Shame, I tried Ubuntu and I 
really love it!



On Oct 10, 2004, at 2:32 PM, Martin Maney wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 10:20:55AM -0400, Dale Kosan wrote:
>> the install procedure right now on a older p3. The bios does not
>> support booting from second drive and I can not install grub to the 
>> mbr
>> of the first drive. The screen says I can install grub to any device
>> including floppy, but it does not tell me what to enter for the floppy
>> drive, so far I have tried the following all without success:
>
> Argh!  Sorry, if I'd been more awake (difficult at that time of night),
> I might not have overlooked the obvious answer:
>
>   Look at the following examples and explanations:
>
>        (fd0)
>
>   First of all, GRUB requires that the device name be enclosed with ( 
> and
>   ). The fd part means that it is a floppy disk. The number 0 is the
>   drive number, which is counted from zero. This expression means that
>   GRUB will use the whole floppy disk.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Naming%20convention
>
> Using Linux device names during an installation has always been dicey
> IME.
>
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