Re: Linux'96: zImage cat'ted to floppy won't boot

Nelson Minar (nelson@santafe.edu)
Sun, 28 Apr 1996 12:34:41 -0600

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jerijian@seas.ucla.edu writes:
>I'm no longer able to take a plain ol' zImage kernel and dump it to a
>3.5" double-density (720k) floppy with the cat command and expect it
>to boot.

I first noticed this on 1.3.92. The kernel is still fine, boots via
LILO no problem. And there's a way to dd the kernel to the floppy
(which I can't find right now, sorry!) that still works. The latter
suprised me.

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