Re: Grafting other kernels on Debian's rescue disks
I believe that you also need to run the "rdev" script on the diskette,
after copying the new kernel over. Also, the scripts expects that /mnt
is where you have it mounted.
On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 05:52:01PM -0500, Robert J. Alexander wrote:
> Thank you Ray.
> I tried with the bzImage file on SuSe and copied it to the 2.1.4 boot
> floppy. The floppy obviously now boots but now the last lines of the
> boot log:
>
> RAMDISK .....
> Uncompressing .....
> VFS : Mounted root
> VFS : Cannot open root device 08:01
> Kernel panic : VFS unable to mount ....
>
> and hangs there ...
>
> BTW 2.1.4 does NOT boot my old faithful Thinkpad 760 like the tecra did
> so just going to zImage does not appear to be enough.
>
> Any other ideas ????????
>
> Ciao Bob.
>
> J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 08:22:53 -0500, Robert J. Alexander wrote:
> > > As I am stuck on my Thinkpad with Debian, while other distributions
> > > happily boot (SuSe, Tom's RootBoot for example), I would like to know if
> > > and how can I "graft" the kernel on the working boot floppies on Debian's
> > > rescue.
> >
> > The boot floppy uses plain FAT and syslinux; the kernel on it is named
> > "linux". It should be sufficient to replace the "linux" file on it with a
> > kernel image that works for you.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Ray
> > --
> > Obsig: developing a new sig
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