My system is currently this:
1st partition - NT (I know. That is why I am migrating to
Linux)
2nd partition - Linux swap
3rd partition - Linux native
I have Redhat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15) installed on the
linux partition. To get into linux, I boot from the
boot floppy created during the installation of redhat.
Here is what I did:
1. Downloaded linux-2.2.13.tar.gz into /usr/src
and de-archived it.
2. Went into /usr/src/linux and typed
make config
make dep
make
make bzImage
make bzdisk (This created a floppy for me)
3. Copied /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to
/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13
4. Edited /etc/lilo.conf and made the image line
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13
5. Ran /sbin/lilo and it said:
Added linux *
When I booted from the floppy, I got a BUNCH of messages
saying that /boot/System.map has an incorrect version
number.
I re-read the kernel howto and it does not seem to cover
this case at all.
I dont know if I need a lilo boot disk or what.
I am new to this an trying to figure things out.
Thanks,
Neil.
clubneon wrote:
> Since you don't seem to be booting from the hard drive at all you could
> just `make zdisk` (or bzdisk if needed) when building the kernel. Just
> have your destined boot disk in the drive and the new kernel will be dd'ed
> right out to it.
>
> On the other hand you could just manually dd the compressed kernel image
> to the floppy with the same effect.
>
> You can make a lilo boot disk, but that is a little more involved. If
> this is want you want (need) let me know and I'll go into it for you.
>
> -Chris M.
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