Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:47:06AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > did you run the `Install Operating System kernel and modules' step > > > in dbootstrap? (before the base install) thats when the kernel is > > > installed. i just did a potato r3 installation a week ago and did > > > not have a problem with lack of kernel. > > > > Yeah, I'm almost positive I did (could I have really avoided it?). > > yes, there is nothing in dbootstrap preventing you from skipping that > step, ive done it before, all it breaks is Make System Bootable, and > well booting ;-) > > > But, I just had to do another reinstall, and /boot did have the kernel > > in it. However, I still wasn't able to boot directly, despite the > > fact that /boot/vmlinux-2.2.19 existed. I think this might be because > > I made /boot a separate partition (I plan to move to XFS soon), and
first, a normal install doesn't install a kernel image package, it just installs the kernel and modules. it copies them from the boot floppies or equivalent files from the CDROM. second, I wonder what would happen if you unmounted your /boot. I'm guessing if you then did an 'ls /boot' you would find some [missing] files. a
