🚀 go-pugleaf

Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> Tim Tuck (Tim.Tuck@penrith.net) wrote:
>
> : OH and there seems to be some serious documentation errors such as the
> : the boot linux gets call linuz instead of linux.gz - or is this
> : symptomatic of other problems ?
>
> A boot file name, if it is compressed or not, if it has suffix .gz or
> not, etc.  is plain immaterial.  You may call it "mickeymouse" is such
> fancy will strike you (but then watch for Disney lawyers knocking to
> your door :-).  Some years ago first version of a loader on Alpha indeed
> looked if '.gz' is present or not but this is an ancient prehistory.
>
> BTW - a compressed form of a kernel loads faster (time differences
> are really not that important :-)  as your memory and processor are
> substantially faster than your disk.  Why Red Hat in recent
> distributions (not only Alpha) stuck in /boot both compressed and
> uncompressed versions of boot images is not something for which
> I can find any rational explanation.
>
>   Michal
>
> p.s. If you load your boot images from a device with a file system
> different than ext2 (like FAT or "pure" ISO9660, for example) you better
> keep file names for that withing constraints that fs or you will have
> problems to find them in a boot time.  This actually applies universally
> but it is hard to create on ext2, for example, a file with a name which
> ext2 does not recognize.

I have installed RH 6.2 on a 200 4/233 from the ISO image i downloaded
from a redhat mirror. I believe you have to dd the generic.img kernel
unto a floppy. I was working from milo too. Has any body been able
to get the PCMCIA support to work (yess I have the sourceforge.com
code)... but configuring has been a real pain: i'nsmod i82365.o' causes
a hang. 'insmod ds.o'  comes back saying 'file or resource busy' .

Sincerely,

J.C. Magras