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Re: 2.4 kernel as default boot kernel on CD #1 ??



On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 10:53, Christian Leber wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 12:24:53AM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
> 
> > The slackware installer already uses isolinux, which lets
> > then pack multiple kernels onto a single CD....  Here is
> > what they do:
> > 
> >     http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/slackware/isolinux/
> 
> The same with gentoo, they have even managed to fit a 2.4 kernel on
> their first and only CD.
> But I have at least one Computer (i386, from end of 1996) where isolinux
> fails.

would it be possible to test MEMDISK on that machine?

According to this:

  http://syslinux.zytor.com/memdisk.php

      MEMDISK is ... a workaround for BIOSes where ISOLINUX image
      support doesn't work.

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