README in /usr/src/linux* need updating

Alan Cox alan at redhat.com
Wed Feb 25 18:48:48 UTC 2004


On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 11:29:48AM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> o  - In order to boot your new kernel, you'll need to copy the kernel
> o    image (found in .../linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage after compilation)
> o    to the place where your regular bootable kernel is found.
> o 
> o    For some, this is on a floppy disk, in which case you can copy the
> o    kernel bzImage file to /dev/fd0 to make a bootable floppy.
> [...]
> 
> That is no longer possible... 

May depend on your options (and if you have a 2.88Mb disk) 8))

> Does this need to go the Bugzilla route or can I just submit a diff
> somewhere and hope it is accepted.

"UPSTREAM" - and it is worth doing. Its common for documentation to age
unfortunately





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