[NTLUG:Discuss] 2 kernels in Lilo

[MadHat]

make bzimage just makes a compressed kernel, IIRC and has nothing to do 
with using a disk to boot.  It is often necessary if you are not using 
modules and have a lot of extras added (if you get the message that your 
kernel is too large, do a make bzImage).  There is also a make bzdisk maybe 
that is what you are thinking of.  There is also a make zImage and make 
zdisk and make zlilo.  Both the make bz* and make z* use gzip to compress 
the image, but they use different loading algorithms.  The make zImage can 
be used if you have a small kernel, the make bzImage is make "big zImage" 
not to be confused with bzip.

The make bzdisk calls make bzImage and then make zdisk, so that would 
create a bzImage kernel and write it to /dev/fd0, that sounds more like 
what you wnated.

At 01:31 PM 2/2/2001 -0600, Seth wrote:
>If you just want to test the new build, try using make bzdisk where you 
>would normally
>use make bzimage.  This will create a bootable-floopy with your new kernel 
>on it.
>Once your done building just reboot and see if it works.  You can keep 
>rebuilding in this manner until you build a kernel that you want to stick 
>with.  You can mess with LILO at
>that point.
>
>Seth
>
>At 08:56 PM 2/1/01 -0600, you wrote:
>>I remember seeing a HOWTO out there once that described (with examples!) of
>>how to configure LILO to handle two kernels...  I have my default from RH7.0
>>but just built 2.4.1 and want to test it out.  I've tried linuxdoc.org kernal
>>and LILO howto's but they don't give nearly a good description as others I
>>have seen.  Anyone know where to look ?
>>
>>Thanks!
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