"dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192" Ok, I see something here that I have seen before and I need some clarification (the nubie that I am) everyone saiz vmlinuz, but currently I run and boot into the old one, the new one is vimlinuz-2.4.20-686 or something similar and is located in the boot folder, together with the old one and others. Now I want to make sure that I use the new one, will your instructions or anybody's instructions of doing something with vmlinuz going to assure that whatever that command of option or flag (whatever) that is going to - I'm repeating myself- use the new kernel?
- Vic -----Original Message----- From: Todd Pytel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:35 PM To: debuser Subject: Re: must.. surpress ... murderous rage.... (simple boot floppy qveshtion) On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:00:21 -0500 "Victor Stan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why, doesn't matter (cuz I'm fancy like that), what I want is a simple > kernel on a floppy that I stick in and boots my Linux machine simple, > no frills. OK, easy provided that your kernel has filesystem support for the root filesystem compiled in (not as a module). Otherwise, you need initrd and it ceases being easy. > kernel from unstable I think 2.4.20 or something > > boot dev = /dev/hda7 OK, do this, substituting your kernel location as appropriate fdformat /dev/fd0 dd if=/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda7 rdev /dev/fd0 (just to check... should report the correct root partition) That's it. --Todd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
