> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:08:06 -0800
> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > I have several systems with broken PCI chipsets that I need to upgrade to
> > 3.4-R from 2.2.7-R. I've patched 'pcibus.c' to fix the problem on these
> > systems (reversed the config mode probe order) but now I need to build
> > boot/install stiffies to get these machines up and running. Is there any
> > quick/simple way to do this without going through a 'make release'
> > process?
>
> Just make a kernel and make sure you keep "options MFS" and "options
> MFS_ROOT" in there. Then whap it over the kernel on kern.flp, which
> you can mount as a normal floppy.
One step Jordan forgot to mention is that you need to gzip the kernel
file before trying to move it to the floppy or it will never fit!
Of course this is pretty obvious from the name of the kernel file on the
floppy...kernel.gz.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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