README in /usr/src/linux* need updating
Dave Jones
davej at redhat.com
Wed Feb 25 17:34:05 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 17:29, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I happened to look at the README in /usr/src/linux*
> and noticed it has some fairly dated material in it.
>
> [...]
> 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...
True. you now need syslinux.
> [...]
> o If you boot Linux from the hard drive, chances are you use LILO which
> o uses the kernel image as specified in the file /etc/lilo.conf. The
> o kernel image file is usually /vmlinuz, /boot/vmlinuz, /bzImage or
> o /boot/bzImage. To use the new kernel, save a copy of the old image
> o and copy the new image over the old one. Then, you MUST RERUN LILO
> o to update the loading map!! If you don't, you won't be able to boot
> o the new kernel image.
>
> That hasn't been true for several versions now.
Really ? It was certainly true not so long back. Forgetting to run lilo
caused it to just hang on boot..
> Does this need to go the Bugzilla route or can I just submit a diff
> somewhere and hope it is accepted.
Send a unified diff (-u) to linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Dave
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