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Troubleshooting

I can't boot from a CD. How do I create a boot diskette?

If you can't boot directly from the installation CD, you'll need to make a boot diskette. There are several ways this can be done, but you'll need access to a computer running GNU/Linux, DOS or Windows. To create a boot disk you can:

• Run the Windows Migration tool (Section 1.2), and choose the WRITE FLOPPY BOOT IMAGE button.
• use the dd command from GNU/Linux. Insert the SOT Linux Installation CD and a blank floppy disk into the GNU/Linux machine. At a command prompt, mount the CD-ROM:
  mount /mnt/cdrom
  

  and then type
  dd if=/mnt/cdrom/Install/images/boot.img of=/dev/fd0
  

• Run the rawritewin.exe program under Windows. You'll find it in the dosutils directory on the SOT Linux Installation CD. Click on the [...] button and browse the Install/images directory on the CD to find the image file boot.img. Select the floppy drive containing your blank disk and press WRITE.

• From DOS, use the rawrite.exe program from the SOT Linux Installation CD's dosutils directory. Follow the prompts.

I need to uninstall SOT Linux. How do I remove it completely?

If you installed SOT Linux using the Windows Migration tool (Section 1.2), you can remove it the same way. From Windows, place the SOT Linux Installation CD in the CD-ROM drive. When the installation screen appears, select the "Remove SOT Linux" button.

Otherwise, you can manually remove SOT Linux by following the steps below:

To remove SOT Linux from your hard drive, you need to delete your Linux partitions (including your Linux swap partition). This can be done using the fdisk program. Use your SOT Linux boot diskette (see above) to boot the computer and enter
fdisk
at the prompt. Entering p will show you a list of the partitions on your drive. You can then use the d command to delete the Linux partitions. You can create new, blank partitions in their place with the n command, if you need to. If you get lost, m brings up a help screen.

To remove the GRUB boot loader from the master boot record, boot your machine from a DOS or Windows start-up disk and enter the command:
fdisk /MBR

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