I believe you need to run rdev on the kernel image to set the correct partition to boot from.
Lars. On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > When I downloaded kernel-image-2.2.19-compact it ran a script to produce > a boot floppy. The floppy produced does not work - a disappointment > since I had hoped to use it to recover from a disk crash on a second > computer. > > The script did alter lilo on this computer which now boots to > 2.2.19-compact while displaying a very clever image of the penguin as > the kernel loads. > > I still need to restore the other computer. I used dd to write the > bzImage of 2.2.19 which I compiled for this computer to a floppy. The > resulting floppy will boot this computer but fails on the computer with > a blank hard drive with a message that no console is available. > > Any suggestions? > > Tom George > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Lars Jensen, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV 89512-3999. Tel: 775.673.7113 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
