[PLUG] Working around GRUB

[Sean, Sharon and Kyle Harbour]

IDE CDROM or DVDROM, a dual connector IDE cable and a Y cable power
splitter. Remove when done.

Sean Harbour

--- Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> wrote:
> 
> Hey all.
> 
> I inherited a system that has a really tiny form factor and looks
> pretty
> sweet, but it's only got an IDE controller and a single connector
> on the
> (seemingly) proprietary power supply.  I don't NEED a CDROM or
> floppy for
> the application to which I'd like to put this machine, but I sure
> would
> like to install a usable operating system.  Right now, it has some
> flavor
> of Red Hat with GRUB and I can't figure out how to force it to boot
> single
> user mode without a password so's I can install something useful in
> the
> swap partition and then use that to build a real system on the rest
> of the
> space.
> 
> It appears search for a bootp server for a bootable image to tftp,
> but I
> don't know if it's worth configuring all those services for a
> one-time
> install.
> 
> Anyone have a quick way to work around this crazy boot loader?
> 
> J.
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Sean, Sharon & Kyle Harbour
www.seanharbour.homeip.net

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