Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Problems with to large of a kernel | Date | 1 Dec 1998 07:40:14 GMT |
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Followup to: <000e01be1cba$381f9040$280081ce@templar.bess.net> By author: "Timm Gleason" <timm@n2h2.com> 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. >
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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