> > I tried to boot a Linux 1.3.66 kernel with this patch applied (make
> > bzImage), but my system rebooted after loading the kernel image into
> > memory. FYI, I simply cat'ted the kernel to a double-density floppy
> > without using LILO or Loadlin (that's how I quickly test my new
> > kernels).
>
> No, you have to use a slightly more sophisticated loader than the good
> old floppy boot sector. Be sure you use one of the versions of LILO or
> LOADLIN indicated in my message, because older versions don't know how
> to handle "high" kernels and such yet.
>
> Actually, you found a bug, namely the sanity check that should have
> halted the boot process before the crash didn't work. I've attached a
> little patch that corrects this problem.
>
> - Werner
Wouldn't it be nice if the file(1) utility knew about the kernel
types ("old zImage", "new bzImage")? Does anyone have a patch for that?
Also, do we still have the old "make zImage" target for simple boot
floppies?
Ulrich