Re: Quick questions on Kernals


Byron Barker (barkerb@northcoast.com)
Sun, 13 Jun 99 19:18:56 -0700


>> >> The kernal I wish to boot from must be in my MacOS system folder, right?
>> >
>> >kernel-pmac*.rpm installs a vmlinux to your /boot directory. Copy this to
>> >the MacOS system folder.
>> But you need to have a hfs partition to do the copy... I guess another
>> option is to ftp the vmlinux to another machine and then ftp it back in
>> macos?
>
>RIght. That would work fine.
>
Maybe I'm missing something here, yes, I'm a newbie, but doesn't the
vmlinux file have to be in the sys folder on a hfs partition and that a
hfs+ partition will not work for booting?

byron

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>Dan
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