Every time I pick up a new Debian drop from scratch (ie use the install disks), I have to find the special "tecra" disks since on all portables I have installed Debian on, the standard disks, being bzImage do not boot.
I also have to take care since after the base install, the standard kernel-image files which are usually preselected by dselect, would render my system unbootable again. At the end of the base install, I must install the compiler, ther kernel sources and run a make-kpkg --zimage --revision mymachine.1 kernel_image and install the resulting package prior to the first reboot. All of this would not be necessary if Debian's kernel format was zImage. Why isn't this desirable ? In most contributions to this list, when it comes to kernel compiling I very often see make zimage or make-kpkg --zimage crop up ... Thank you. -- Robert J. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> AIX Certified System Administrator - Debian Linux addict - Win.\* victim Via Sciangai, 53 - 00144 Rome, Italy
