Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :??

H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05T15:37:47Z

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
>
> FWIW, I still use bzdisk images frequently, and the 1MB limit really
> is a serious problem for 2.5 kernels, and 2.4 kernels build with gcc-3.
> I'm currently using a patched kernel where `make bzdisk' invokes a
> user-specified script, which in my case goes roughly like:
>

If you get my nobootsect patch:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/nobootsect-2.5.63-bk7-1.diff

... you will find something similar, but a bit more fleshed out.

This is the patch I'm trying to get Linus to accept.

-hpa