2.6.7 kernel

[Timothy Murphy]

Simon Andrews wrote:

> Mark Haney wrote:
>> I take it the 2.6.7 kernel can't be setup to boot with a boot floppy
>> using  mkbootdisk?  I've been trying for 3 days now and can't get it to
>> write a  good one.  I recall seeing something about it, but I can't seem
>> to find  where I saw that.  Any ideas?
> 
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=109214125504938&w=2
> 
> Look for the --iso option to mkbootdisk and take it from there...

I agree that this is the easiest thing to do,
but in fact I found it fairly easy to make a boot floppy
after compiling the kernel, following the advice in /usr/share/doc/syslinux*

>> And before any one asks, I have to use a boot disk as my HP machine
>> continues to format the MBR when I install GRUB.

You don't need to re-install grub.
It reads the config file to see what kernels are available.



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