From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) Subject: Re: How to put new Image on boot disk (?) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:16:39 GMT
jblaine@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (Jeff Blaine) writes:
>I have the sources for 0.99 and I plan to make the new kernel soon.
>The question is: When I make the new kernel, do I have to put it on
>the boot floppy? I currently have 0.98 pl1 kernel and boot disk from
>the SLS dist. If I do in fact need to put the new Image on the boot
>disk, how do I do this? i.e. How do I make a new boot disk with the
>newly created kernel?
If you're just booting off a disk, get another disk (ie. keep the old one
just in case...) that has been formatted, and do
cat Image > /dev/fd0
(if the disk is in drive A: in MSDOS terms...)
(Image is the kernel Image produced once you compile the kernel)
Enjoy !
Cos !
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