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SubjectRe: Problems with to large of a kernel
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Followup to:  <000e01be1cba$381f9040$280081ce@templar.bess.net>
By author: "Timm Gleason" <timm@n2h2.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> 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.
>

Sure you can. However, for booting from floppies you're much better
off using SYSLINUX than booting a raw dd'd floppy.

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/

SYSLINUX 1.41 will probably be released some time tomorrow, by the
way.

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