Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :?? | Date | Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:33:46 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > That, and the 1 MB limitation, is the reason it either needs to get > > nuked or get some massive surgery. I am currently trying to get > > Linus to accept a patch to put it out of its misery. > > Please, try to convince Marcello and Alan, too. The 2.4 branch > will be a happier branch (well, assuming that the Linux kernel has > feelings, of course) without the raw kernel image booting. Anyway, it > doesn't seem to work for El Torito emulated floppies... I will be the > first who cry for this ancient code, but I think now it doesn't make > sense. Anyone uses floppies yet? Here in Spain a floppy is more > expensive than a 80 min. CD...
Doesn't the in kernel bootloader have uses other than booting from floppy? What if you want to boot from a custom network boot prom?
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