On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Michael Picco wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In trying to get a new kernel with (hopefully newer drivers) I D/L'd a
> file called
> linux-2_2_3_tar.gz (over 12 Meg) and copied it over to another machine
> that will be using it. Both machines have Win95 on them and that's
what
> was used to move the files across my mini-network. On the target
> machine, when running in Win95, the filename is as above. However,
when
> I look at that same file when booting the machine up in Linux, it's now
> called 'linux-~1.gz' and neither 'tar' or 'gzip' will recognize it.
This is the 8.3 name that is the real name of a vfat file in the
underlying msdos filesystem. Mount the fs with -t vfat to be able to
use long file names, or copy/move the thing to a real filesystem, if you
have one. Then you can name it what you like.
>
> Is there something I'm missing here as far as maintaining the filenames
> under Linux when looking at the DOS partition?
>
> This is but one part of what has been a frustrating weekend...starting
> with the desire to install new PCMCIA drivers so I can use my LinkSys
> network card (EC2T) when running Linux. The only form I can find these
> new drivers is source code, which, according to what I'm reading, means
> the kernel needs to be recompiled. Now there's a task for the
> faint-hearted :) !!! Over Saturday and Sunday, I must have stepped
> through what appear to be the correct procedures (I'm running RedHat
> 5.1) for re-compiling the kernel, at least a dozen times. Each time I
> end up with some little glitch that prevents me from proceeding...the
> last glitch was trying to write the 'zdisk' to the floppy. I couldn't
> find where the system stuck the 'vmlinuz' file that I assumed it
> created!
Almost all of those targets make arch/i386/boot/zImage (or bzImage),
then perhaps as a last step copy it to [/boot]/vmlinuz (zlilo) or
whatever. I find it simpler to just make zImage and move it where I
want it by hand. Generally an added /boot/<version>zImage, which I just
add to lilo.conf so I still have the old one to fall back on.
> Any help is welcomed.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Michael
>
Lawson
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