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manu wrote:
> 
> thanx for ur reply.
> if u dont mind u want little more information about the problem.
> wht do u mean by legacy floppy drive. if kernel can boot in that why not 
> on IDE floppy drive. i think booting process is done by bios program, i 
> dont think it depends up on kernel.why i cannot install & boot kernel 
> from the compact flash in newer kernels.can u pls give some information 
> about this.
> -manu
> 

You need a bootloader to do it.

	-hpa