Messages in this thread | | | From | Mikael Pettersson <> | Date | Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:16:32 +0100 | Subject | Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :?? |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > > > > > This is the patch I'm trying to get Linus to accept. > > > > That's similar to what you posted to LKML a while ago, and > > it has the limitations of requiring mountable /dev/fd0, which > > needs a magic entry in /etc/fstab ("user" privs, not "owner"), > > and MS-DOS FS support in the kernel used for the build. > > > > No, it doesn't (if you have SYSLINUX 2.02 or higher.)
Indeed. The SYSLINUX 2.02 + mtools combination works like a charm for 'make bzdisk'. I'm happy with your nobootsect patch.
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