RE: The usual reboot problems
On 22-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote:
>
> On 22-Feb-99 Shaleh wrote:
>>> Any help would be very appreciated! :-)
>>> (The debian user list is much friendlier
>>> and supportive than Red Hat's :-)
>>
>> We try (=
>>
>> On my laptop it would reboot if I was not using a zImage kernel. The tecra
>> disks should provide this kernel. If not, do you have another linux box?
>> If
>> so you could make your own boot disk. When you compile the kernel make sure
>> you do make zImage (or if you use make-kpkg, add --zImage to the command
>> line
>> options).
>
> I have another Linux box that has a CDROM, so I was thinking I could install
> through that machine (install on ThinkPad via the other machine).
> Are you saying I can just copy my bzImage from one machine to a floppy and
> then boot the ThinkPad with that?
>
> I have a bzImage, not a zImage, btw.
>
NO, use a zImage kernel. Recompile one if need be. A bzImage will reboot on
you.
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