Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:21:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:21:42 -0500 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:45062 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:21:41 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200303051633.h25GXkYk005773@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :?? To: raul@pleyades.net (DervishD) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:33:46 +0000 (GMT) Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030305161244.GB19439@DervishD> from "DervishD" at Mar 05, 2003 05:12:44 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1039 Lines: 21 > > That, and the 1 MB limitation, is the reason it either needs to get > > nuked or get some massive surgery. I am currently trying to get > > Linus to accept a patch to put it out of its misery. > > Please, try to convince Marcello and Alan, too. The 2.4 branch > will be a happier branch (well, assuming that the Linux kernel has > feelings, of course) without the raw kernel image booting. Anyway, it > doesn't seem to work for El Torito emulated floppies... I will be the > first who cry for this ancient code, but I think now it doesn't make > sense. Anyone uses floppies yet? Here in Spain a floppy is more > expensive than a 80 min. CD... Doesn't the in kernel bootloader have uses other than booting from floppy? What if you want to boot from a custom network boot prom? John. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/