> SLP/Internet Section wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > 1)When I do rdev /boot/vmlinuz, I get :
> > Root device /dev/sdb1
> >
> > But my partition is dev/hda2...and anyway I do have have any Scsi drive.
> > I really dont understand How come?
>
Here's my understanding (gurus, please critique if wrong!):
rdev /boot/vmlinuz <ret> returns the present rdev setting. This can be
wrong sometimes without causing any harm.
But here is a case where it would definitely do harm.
Let's say you wanted to make a boot floppy, like this:
dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 <ret>
If the rdev value was wrong then this boot floppy wouldn't work. So,
before making the boot floppy, do rdev /boot/vmlinuz /dev/hda2 <ret>,
assuming /boot/vmlinuz and /dev/hda2 are the right values for you. This
actually changes the rdev value.
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
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