Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Dec 1998 08:34:51 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | RE: Problems with to large of a kernel |
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Peter Svensson wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Timm Gleason wrote: > > > Yes, I've done this. However, when trying to use that kernel on a floppy > > disk for installation (we build nearly 50 servers a month for our business), > > you cannot boot off of a floppy using that kind of kernel image.
Yes you can!
rdev bzImage /root/file/system cp bzImage /dev/fd0
That's all you have to do! Since 'cp' knows the size of bzImage, it can copy to the raw device fine.
Cheers, Dick Johnson ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** Penguin : Linux version 2.1.128 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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