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- This directory contains many precompiled Linux kernels. See the README in
- bootdsks.12 or bootdsks.144 for a brief description of the drivers in each one,
- or the "config" files in these subdirectories for a complete description.
-
- Ther kernels found in directories ending with '.i' are for use on systems that
- only need IDE hard drive/CDROM support. Those ending in '.s' contain support
- for at least one type of SCSI controller in addition to the usual IDE support.
-
- You can make bootdisks out of these, or use them with Loadlin to boot your
- Linux system from MS-DOS.
-
- Most people won't need this directory, but if you need to remake a bootkernel
- disk from scratch, or you need a bootdisk that doesn't load the rootdisk into a
- ramdisk here's what you do:
-
- 1. Using a kernel in this directory to make a simple bootdisk:
-
- Just cat the kernel to a floppy, like this:
-
- cat scsinet.b/zImage > /dev/fd0
-
- Or, you may use RAWRITE.EXE to write the kernel to a disk. You may get
- warnings about it being a short file, but it will still work.
-
- All of the kernels in this directory are configured to mount the root
- partition, not load it into a ramdisk. This can make a big difference on
- machines with only 4 megabytes or RAM when all else (including disabling
- the shadow RAM, which does nothing under Linux except waste memory anyway)
- has failed. If you use one of these raw kernels to install, you can't
- install from your first floppy drive, and you won't be able to make a
- bootdisk at the end of the installation process. Use LILO, Loadlin, or one
- of the normal bootkernel disks to get your system started after you finish
- installing.
-
- 2. Making a Slackware-like bootkernel disk from one of the supplied kernels,
- or one of your own.
-
- You can't do this under DOS - you'll have to be running Linux. First, edit
- the 'makedisk' script to point to the location of your bootkernel disk master
- directory if you don't want to use the default ./master one.
-
- Then, with a formatted disk in your boot drive, type:
-
- makedisk kernel_name disk_size
- ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ This can be 1440, or 1200.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^ mitsumi, scsi, or whatever you want to use. Include
- the path to the kernel if it's in one of the
- subdirectories, such as: mitsumi.b/zImage
-
- This should automatically create the disk.
-
-