> Having spent more than four days trying to compile this new kernel (on top
> of more than 3 years of compiling kernels from the 2.0.xx tree), I have
> tried making a bzImage and read all of the docs that come with the source, I
> posted to this list as a last resort for an answer. However, in order to
> create a installation floppy to use to create more systems, a bzImage will
> not boot itself off of a floppy. Already tried it, doesn't work.
>
Yes it will!
rdev bzImage /dev/root_file_system_to_use
cp bzImage /dev/fd0
Here is the script that I use to make a bootable floppy.
cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /
cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /tmp/vmlinux
ROOTDEV=`df / | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sed -e1d`
echo -n 'Setting root device as ' ; echo ${ROOTDEV}
rdev -R /tmp/vmlinux 1
rdev /tmp/vmlinux ${ROOTDEV}
cp /tmp/vmlinux /dev/fd0
psupdate
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
Penguin : Linux version 2.1.128 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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