[ale] Sound Config - Kernel Compile - Boot Disk Question

[Jerry Yu]

hey, Thomas,

assume you are on an i386 and floppy drive on /dev/fd0.

then, use a new floppy preformatted for windows. ie., the one you bought
directly from stores. no, not those for Mac ;-)

don't mount it. And, don't format it into ext2.

as root, do the following:
cp /path/to/your/newly/compiled/zImage /dev/fd0

Then you get yourself a bootdisk.

mkbootdisk RPM may help as well. However, I had problem in rescue mode on
various machines.

just wanna help.

Jerry Yu
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On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Strickland, Thomas L. wrote:

> Forgive my newness, but such is my condition.
> 
> Two days into my Linux life.  Caldera OpenLinux happily installed and
> running.  KDE looking lovely.  Here is my question:
> 
> As it sits right now, I have no sound.  When I get home today, I plan to
> "make xconfig" to make Linux recognize my Ensoniq Soundscape card.  Since
> this is going to result in a recompilation of my kernel, what is the best
> way to update the kernel on my bootdisk?  Do I simply do this:
> 
> dd if=KERNEL of=/dev/fd0 obs=1k
> 
> Or what?
> 
> Thomas L. Strickland  *
> Solution Center - x. 6858
>