Re: Various way to build the kernel?

[Jeremy Jackson]

On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 10:03 -0700, jmcdowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have tried as hard as one can try, at least with my knowledge.  To
> figure this out, and I appear to be unable to do so.  But it's not for a
> lack of trying.
> 
>  I am in a situation, where when I build a kernel, I need it to be of this
> format.
> kernel: x86 boot sector
> 
>   But when I build it, no matter what trickery I attempt, I always get the
> following kernel type.
> 
> kernel_lnxi: Linux kernel x86 boot executable RO-rootFS, root_dev 0x802,
> swap_dev 0x1, Normal VGA

What utility are you using, and what file are you testing?  What kernel version?
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Jeremy Jackson
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