Re: 2.2.19-compact

[Lars Jensen <jensen@scs.unr.edu>]

I believe you need to run rdev on the kernel image to set the correct
partition to boot from.

Lars.

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Thomas H. George,,, wrote:

> When I downloaded kernel-image-2.2.19-compact it ran a script to produce 
> a boot floppy.  The floppy produced does not work - a disappointment 
> since I had hoped to use it to recover from a disk crash on a second 
> computer.
> 
> The script did alter lilo on this computer which now boots to 
> 2.2.19-compact while displaying a very clever image of the penguin as 
> the kernel loads.
> 
> I still need to restore the other computer.  I used dd to write the 
> bzImage of 2.2.19 which I compiled for this computer to a floppy.  The 
> resulting floppy will boot this computer but fails on the computer with 
> a blank hard drive with a message that no console is available.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Tom George
> 
> 
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