Hi! As far as I know, floppy boot support was removed from the kernel a while ago. You need to (in case of booting from floppy) use a regular bootloader, like GRUB, LILO, etc... You would maybe get better help on the linux-kernel mail list (LKML on google). Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: jmcdowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:25:41 -0700 (MST) Subject: Re: Various way to build the kernel? > While I have contacted them about other things, I have not on this > issue. I will go in that direction, as it's good advice. > I did determine that the process is taking place when the kernel is > built. However, I cannot seem to locate all the same utils and includes > as the 2.4 lnxi kernels. > For the record, I am trying to boot etherboot nodes into a PXE capable > cluster. It will send out etherboot packages if need be. But I have to > be able to get them accept and boot the package. Mknbi, it doesn't like > that, and mkelf-image it doesn't like those either. I am fairly certain > that once I get the kernel correct. The way I have already come up with > will work, as I can repackage LNXI kernels and the images boot fine. > Well, they load the kernel and then hang anyway. > > Thanks, > > Joshua > > > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 10:45 -0700, jmcdowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> Yes, I have tried to use the standard built kernels, and the ebi payload > >> loads up, and gets to the kernel. Then it stops, without loading > > > > What are you booting with? Is it PXE + pxelinux, or ? There are > > HOWTOs and FAQs about all kind of network booting, which mention the > > required utilities and steps. > > > > There is the mknbi utility, the man page might be helpful. > > > >> So it doesn't like that either.. I am still hacking away at this, in > >> trying to figure out what LNXI did that was different than the rest of > >> the world. > > > > Have you tried contacting them? > > -- > > Jeremy Jackson > > Coplanar Networks > > (519)489-4903 > > http://www.coplanar.net > > jerj@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
