At 11:41 AM 5/2/2012, kurt godel wrote: >Now that you mention it, I have been toying with the idea of a >"linux startup disk" that would be comparable in size to a '98 >startup disk'; problem is, I am too dumb to figure out how to take a >vmlinuz and boot it up. I assume the vmlinuz has a minimal number of >built in functions like the proverbial dos kernel. I am not >fanatical about having it fit on a floppy, though a 2.88 image >would allow emulation mode iso, etc. > So, nuts and bolts: if I download the latest vmlinuz, how do I > boot it? I mean that in a comparable sense to booting a dos > kernel.Richard<<mailto:wb2...@gmail.com>wb2...@gmail.com>.
Even assuming that you actually mean "vmlinux", I am not sure that this is the right path to go. On the other side, there are numerous single (or double) floppy Linux distributions already available, so why not use one of those... http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Floppy/ Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
