Re: Bugs in linux-2.6.0-test11/README

[Mikael Pettersson]

David Balazic writes:
 > 2.6.0-test11/README says :
 > 
 >  If you want
 >    to make a boot disk (without root filesystem or LILO), insert a floppy
 >    in your A: drive, and do a "make bzdisk".
 > 
 > Wasn't that feature (booting without LILO or other boot loader ) removed ?
 > At least http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html says so.

Yes, but 'make bzdisk' was reimplemented to use a proper bootloader:
syslinux. You'll need mtools and syslinux-2.06 or later.

I'm also using this approach with 2.4 kernels now, since it eliminates
the annoying kernel size limitation of the old built-in loader.

 >    For some, this is on a floppy disk, in which case you can copy the
 >    kernel bzImage file to /dev/fd0 to make a bootable floppy.

Straight copy won't work any more, that's a README bug.
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