Re: problems booting 2.5 kernel, rh9

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Followup to:  <20030417111714.GA16335@wind.cocodriloo.com>
By author:    Antonio Vargas <wind@cocodriloo.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Dave, since your ISP is blocking my mail, I reply on lkml...
> 
> I booted fine the 2.5 kernel by tagging it for netboot and
> then placing it on my tftp directory. I never use harddisk
> bootloaders, so if you can not make it work with grub,
> I would get ahead and make it boot from floppy. Yes, it
> takes a minute to load a kernel, but it works and is simple.
> 
> I use syslinux for that, it's fairly simple and you can
> enter kernel options directly at the boot prompt.
> 
> Also, since it's a dos 8.3-formatted floppy, you can upgrade
> your kernel by simply replacing the kernel file.
> 
> If you need a dos-formatted empty disk, I can post one to my
> homepage for you to download.
> 

Especially on recent 2.5, you can just "make bzdisk" and have it make
a syslinux floppy.  make bzdisk FDARGS='blah' lets you set the default
options right on the fly.  You need syslinux 2.02 or later (and, of
course, write permission to the floppy drive) if you want to do this
as non-root.

	-hpa

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