On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Ted Gervais wrote:
> On Sunday 22 April 2001 09:24 pm, you wrote:
> > Two options:
> >
> > 1) dd if=kernel_image_filename of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440k
> > 2) mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernel_image_filename
>
> I had tried the first option but it never fully booted up. It seemed to say
> it needed something. I would have to redo things to see that error again,
> but somehow it seemed to want more files. Maybe some of the files from the
> boot directory?
>
The missing part of the first method is one of two things. You have to
tell the kernel where the root file system is using the rdev command.
Also, if the drivers needed to mount the root file system are modules,
then you need an inital RAM disk. You do not get that with the first
method. MKbootdisk does create one for you.
The reasion you do not have to use rdev to tell the kernel the root
partition is because lilo (or loadlin) normaly passes that information
to the kernel. That is why you have the line root=<root device> in
/etc/lilo.conf.
Mikkel
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