Re: The usual reboot problems
OK....I just got lost here. What kernel are we copying from? I have another
system running RH5.2 (soon to be Debian 2.1)....do I recompile that system
with the zImage parameter and copy it to a floppy to boot the ThinkPad?
I went through most of the installation process...right down to creating
rescue disk....then it said to reboot system, but the newly created floppy
started the reboot cycle. So what is the next step? Somehow copy a
different kernel on to that rescue disk? And then I can complete the
installation?
Thanks,
Robert
Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
> :
> : On 22-Feb-99 George Bonser wrote:
> : > On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:
> : >
> : >>
> : >> That might explain why I am unable to use my Debian boot disk on that
> : >> machine.
> : >> I forgot the correct procedure for copying a kernel to a floppy, but when I
> : >> find it, I will try it.
> : >
> : > Uhm, the floppy is a standard msdos disk:
> : >
> : > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t msdos
> : >
> : > Then copy the kernel:
> : >
> : > cp /vmlinuz /mnt/vmlinuz
> : >
> : > and reboot from floppy.
> :
> : Oh so it is the same as for any disk; I thought I had to use a "dd" command or
> : else recompile and do 'make zdisk' rather than 'make zImage'. I was not sure
> : I could just copy as I would copy anything else.
>
> If you don't run the rdev.sh script found on the rescue floppy, or at
> least the commands found therein, you will be surprised (in the negative
> sense of the word :)
>
> : btw, my vmlinuz is actually a bzImage, so I would need to recompile a kernel.
>
> Yah, most Thinkpads freak out with bzImage kernels. The 380Z does, for
> sure.
>
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