*- On 14 Sep, Steve George wrote about "compiling kernel for floppy boot" > Hi, > > Does anyone know if there is a way you can compile a kernel into a debian > package and have that kernel boot from the floppy? > > I normally compile my kernels with make-kpkg but the package it makes > installs onto the hardrive. I want to do the same thing but place the 'new' > kernel on a floppy rather than alter my stable setup on the harddisk. > > Its a pity make-kpkg doesn't ask you where to install the new kernel to! > > Thanks, > > Steve > >
You can just do 'make-kpkg build' and it will not create a Debian kernel package but leave the kernel in the root directory of the kernel source. Then just 'dd if=./vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=512' to make a boot floppy. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
