debian grub boot floppy with menu

[Jason Thomas]

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On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 10:53:13PM +0100, J. Grant wrote:
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> Hello
> 
> I am using debian sarge, installed in Feb.  I am trying to create a boot
> floppy with a menu like when my hard disc boots.  Is this possible?
> 
> /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian.gz  reveals:
> 
> ===================
> 4) thats it, making sure you have a rescue disk or some other way to boot
>    your machine attempt to reboot using grub!
> 
>    to create a grub boot floppy:
> 
>    cat /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 > /dev/fd0
> ========================
> 
> I did this, but now I just have a grub prompt, not yet a menu.  I
> noticed grub-disk, which seems to contain grub-floppy command, that too
> creates a disk without a menu.  I typed "help" but there were no commands
> which appeared able to use my existing boot menu.lst file.
> 
> Have I missed something? Is it possible?  pointers to FAQs or specific ways
> I can get the boot menu on a floppy appreciated.
> 
> Kind regards
> JG
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