On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: : : On 22-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote: : > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote: : > : >> : >> That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that : >> machine. : >> I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to a floppy, but when I : >> find it, I will try it. : > : > Uhm, the floppy is a standard msdos disk: : > : > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos : > : > Then copy the kernel: : > : > cp /vmlinuz /mnt/vmlinuz : > : > and reboot from floppy. : : Oh so it is the same as for any disk; I thought I had to use a "dd" command or : else recompile and do 'make zdisk' rather than 'make zImage'. I was not sure : I could just copy as I would copy anything else.
If you don't run the rdev.sh script found on the rescue floppy, or at least the commands found therein, you will be surprised (in the negative sense of the word :) : btw, my vmlinuz is actually a bzImage, so I would need to recompile a kernel. Yah, most Thinkpads freak out with bzImage kernels. The 380Z does, for sure. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
