Bug#39533: marked as done ("copy kernel-image to partition" installation method)
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From: Oskar Liljeblad <osk@hem.passagen.se>
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Subject: "copy kernel-image to partition" installation method
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When deciding how to boot your installed system, you can select to
install LILO or make a boot disk. I suggest a new option being made;
"copy kernel-image to [specific] partition".
Background:
I have a laptop, which can hold either a floppy or CD-ROM drive -
only one at a time. Because I decided to install Debian on a
partition that LILO was unable to reach, my only choice was to
make a boot disk. Now, there was no floppy drive in the computer -
and I couldn't swap the CD-ROM drive while the computer is on.
I had to reinstall the system - this time first copying all
Debian packages from the CD to the DOS partition first,
then using floppy to boot and install Debian.
If there was an option - "Copy kernel-image to partition" -
I could simply (after having installed Debian) install
loadlin in the DOS partition and use that to boot Linux.
Oskar Liljeblad (osk@hem.passagen.se)
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From: Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>
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We don't support loadlin, thus it doesn't make sense to copy the kernel
to the harddisk, we can't set it up either.
Since manual interaction and understanding of the boot process is required
anyway, it's acceptable to copy the kernel from the rescue disk to the
hd manuelly.
Regards,
Joey
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