Bug 1644 - README errors about floppy booting and module building
Summary: README errors about floppy booting and module building
Status: CLOSED CODE_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Other
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: i386 Linux
: P2 low
Assignee: Zwane Mwaikambo
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Reported: 2003-12-04 01:42 UTC by David Balažic
Modified: 2004-06-19 17:31 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Kernel Version: linux-2.6.0-test11
Subsystem:
Regression: ---
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Attachments
README update (2.73 KB, patch)
2004-02-25 11:04 UTC, Zwane Mwaikambo 		Details | Diff
linux/README update (3.26 KB, patch)
2004-02-25 15:57 UTC, Zwane Mwaikambo 		Details | Diff
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Description David Balažic 2003-12-04 01:42:18 UTC 
Distribution: none
Hardware Environment: N/A
Software Environment: N/A
Problem Description:

The linu/README file has the following errors :

 - quote : If you configured any of the parts of the kernel as `modules', you
   will have to do "make modules" followed by "make modules_install".

AFAIK, modules are made by just "make", so this sentence might be wrong.

 - quote :  For some, this is on a floppy disk, in which case you can copy the
kernel bzImage file to /dev/fd0 to make a bootable floppy.

This does not work in 2.6.x anymore.

Steps to reproduce:

Read the README ...
Comment 1 Zwane Mwaikambo 2003-12-14 22:03:56 UTC 
I'll send a patch for this when Linus starts taking patches again.
Comment 2 Randy Dunlap 2004-02-23 11:29:25 UTC 
Linus is taking patches again  {but really i'm just testing bugzilla --
there were some problems reported}.
Comment 3 Randy Dunlap 2004-02-25 09:28:17 UTC 
sorry, all, but i need to test the URL reporting again.
it was incorrect 2 days ago but is supposed to be fixed now.
Comment 4 Zwane Mwaikambo 2004-02-25 11:04:12 UTC 
Created attachment 2228 [details]
README update

Here are a few updates
Comment 5 Zwane Mwaikambo 2004-02-25 15:57:19 UTC 
Created attachment 2234 [details]
linux/README update
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