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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:48:28 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :??
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John Bradford wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

Then you probably need Etherboot.  The in-kernel boot loader
(bootsect.S) will not help you.

	-hpa


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