Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Adrian Knoth <> | Subject | [PATCH 2.6] floppy-statement in linux/README | Date | Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:58:11 +0000 (UTC) |
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Hi,
I wanted to boot my laptop from floppy and found a wrong statement in the README. Patch follows. (I'm not very amused about this decision, I was really used to this feature)
--- linux/README Fri Oct 10 16:36:40 2003 +++ linux-new/README Sun Dec 7 22:50:57 2003 @@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ image (found in .../linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage after compilation) to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found.
- 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. + Please keep in mind that you cannot use "dd if=bzImage of=/dev/fd0" + to make a bootable floppy. You'll have to use LILO or syslinux in + addition.
If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO which uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. The
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