I believe that you also need to run the "rdev" script on the diskette, after copying the new kernel over. Also, the scripts expects that /mnt is where you have it mounted.
On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 05:52:01PM -0500, Robert J. Alexander wrote: > Thank you Ray. > I tried with the bzImage file on SuSe and copied it to the 2.1.4 boot > floppy. The floppy obviously now boots but now the last lines of the > boot log: > > RAMDISK ..... > Uncompressing ..... > VFS : Mounted root > VFS : Cannot open root device 08:01 > Kernel panic : VFS unable to mount .... > > and hangs there ... > > BTW 2.1.4 does NOT boot my old faithful Thinkpad 760 like the tecra did > so just going to zImage does not appear to be enough. > > Any other ideas ???????? > > Ciao Bob. > > J.H.M. Dassen wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 08:22:53 -0500, Robert J. Alexander wrote: > > > As I am stuck on my Thinkpad with Debian, while other distributions > > > happily boot (SuSe, Tom's RootBoot for example), I would like to know if > > > and how can I "graft" the kernel on the working boot floppies on Debian's > > > rescue. > > > > The boot floppy uses plain FAT and syslinux; the kernel on it is named > > "linux". It should be sufficient to replace the "linux" file on it with a > > kernel image that works for you. > > > > HTH, > > Ray > > -- > > Obsig: developing a new sig
