Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Problems with to large of a kernel | Date | 1 Dec 1998 19:54:28 GMT |
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Followup to: <m0zksFf-0007U2C@the-village.bc.nu> By author: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > 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. > > I boot bzImages off floppies all day every day on my PS/2 model 77, since > Lilo seems to dislike the machine. I've had no problems. Could this be > some kind of BIOS/A20 problem ? >
There was a BIOS/A20 problem relating to bzImages; it was fixed in the 2.1 series back in June.
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