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I am having a devil of a time with trying to replace my "distribution" kernel
with one that has AX25 support.
The MAKE CONFIG, MAKE DEP, MAKE CLEAN and the MAKE ZIMAGE (or ZDISK) all
goes fine, a zImage is created and placed in.....
c:\linux /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot (c:\linux as I am uning UMSDOS)
A vmlinux is created and placed in.......
c:\linux /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/compressed
Strangly my "distrubution" kernel is called vmlinuz as opposed to the
created vmlinux.
Now, I want to place the zImage or vmlinux file on a floppy to test.....
cp zImage /dev/fd0
CTRL-ALT-DEL to reboot
The system finds the kernel on the floppy and begins to load, then it finds
the /linux directory and begins the process of setting up files etc.
I have experencied to errors at this stage and can not seem to get passed them.
1. VFS: kernel panic. unable to mount FS 03:01
2. system is read only
These errors are not at the same time, nor with the same compiled kernels
but have appeared and the system halts.
I can understand the error (2.) and then tried to adjust my LINUX.BAT file
to reflect either
c:\loadlin c:\linux\vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 rw
or
c:\loadlin c:\linux\zimage root=/dev/hda1 rw
Note the working linux.bat contains.....
c:\loadlin c:\linux\vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 rw
but all this was to no avail. Only the distribution kernel and the standard
LINUX.BAT file wanted to work.
My system is....
486DX266
2.1 G HD
20 M RAM
Linux 2.0.29 (from RED HAT/Slackware 3.2)
If you could assist me in my endeavours of,
1. successful booting from a floppy
& after testing
2. successful replacement of existing vmlinuz with the vmlinux or zImage files
Thanks for your time
73
Mark