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Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :??
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John Bradford wrote:
> 
> Doesn't the in kernel bootloader have uses other than booting from
> floppy?  What if you want to boot from a custom network boot prom?
> 

Then you probably need Etherboot.  The in-kernel boot loader
(bootsect.S) will not help you.

	-hpa