* Victor Stan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mar 06. 2003 13:52]:

> Actually I WANT something that only does one thing with no options
> whatsoever, as long as it boots my new kernel that is all I care.

If you don't mind using syslinux, something along the lines of:

fdformat /dev/fd0
mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0
(you might need mtools to get mkfs.msdos)
mkdir /floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy
cp /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 /floppy/linux
echo 'TIMEOUT 40' >> /floppy/syslinux.cfg
echo 'PROMPT 1' >> /floppy/syslinux.cfg
echo 'DEFAULT linux' >> /floppy/syslinux.cfg
echo 'APPEND root=/dev/hda7 ro' >> /floppy/syslinux.cfg
umount /floppy
syslinux /dev/fd0
reboot


YMMV (= man syslinux)

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