Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:43:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:43:37 -0500 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:58886 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:43:37 -0500 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200303051655.h25Gtjqx005881@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :?? To: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:55:45 +0000 (GMT) Cc: raul@pleyades.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3E662A5C.4060307@zytor.com> from "H. Peter Anvin" at Mar 05, 2003 08:48:28 AM 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: 563 Lines: 15 > > 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. Sorry, I was thinking about something completely different :-). 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/