[CentOS] Making Driver Disks
William
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Mon Aug 8 14:56:45 UTC 2005
Hilliard, Jay wrote:
> Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>> Is the "-BOOT" kernel no longer used for the installer kernel?
>> Likewise, is the cpio (USTAR 5KiB blocking) no longer used for packaging
>> driver disks?
>> [ I guess I haven't kept current in the last year or so if this is the
>> case ]
>
> No, there is no "-BOOT" kernel anymore. Typically, the current i586 UP
> kernel is considered the "BOOT" kernel.
>
> buildinstall is pretty cool in that you can put any kernel in your
> distribution and buildinstall will use that kernel as your "-BOOT"
> kernel and generate boot images (pxe and otherwise) based on it.
>
> -Jay
While this is all interesting, I wonder if any of you know what it takes
to make a proper driver disk for CentOS 4? :)
Thanks!
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