Hello all, I'm trying to install Gentoo 1.4 rc2 for the first time on my laptop - HP Omnibook 5700ctx, P166, 128 MB RAM which cannot boot from CD-ROM. Apparenty Gentoo doesn't have a boot disk making utility. It's said that I must use tomsrbt or a slackware boot disk but I have none of those. & someone on Gentoo mailing list pointed out that I should try syslinux, Ok, downloaded that, done the steps: copybs a: a:dos.bss and syslinux a: but when I did this: copy vmlinux a: copy initrd.gz a: I couldn't find the filename called vmlinux and initrd.gz on the unzipped syslinux-2.05.zip downloaded from kernel.org where can I get them? thanks:) -ROnald-
Hi, Ronald Kuwawi <ron4ld at optushome.com.au> schrieb am 22.07.03 00:00:12:> & someone on Gentoo mailing list pointed out that I should try > syslinux, Ok, downloaded that, done > the steps: > copybs a: a:dos.bss > and > syslinux a: > > but when I did this: > copy vmlinux a: > copy initrd.gz a: > > I couldn't find the filename called vmlinux and initrd.gz > on the unzipped syslinux-2.05.zip downloaded from kernel.org > > where can I get them?This should have been the kernel and initrd from your linux distribution. Try to get them from the installation media. Syslinux is only a boot loader, and comes without the linux kernel and the initrd. Regards, Josef ______________________________________________________________________________ Wo gibt es den besten Spam-Schutz? Laut ComputerBild 15-03 bei WEB.DE FreeMail - Deutschlands beste E-Mail - http://s.web.de/?mc=021122