Subject: Re: oops...
From: Jim (jwadell@gci.net)
Date: Sat Feb 16 2002 - 20:31:18 AKST
James Zuelow wrote:
> Opps. Hit ^x when I meant ^c....
>
> I was going to ask if anyone had experience hex editing zImage files, and
> thought better of it. But, might as well.
>
> Does anyone have experience changing boot parameters in zImage files by
> editing them with a hex editor?
>
> I have an IBM 6015 PowerPC machine that will only boot from certain images
> optimized for 601 processors. These images boot to ramdisks, and I want
> them to boot to /dev/sda3. Hopefully if I can get that far, I can get
> Debian Sid up and running on this box, and then make a real set of boot
> floppies with a custom kernel compiled on this box.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
use rdev (or its variations-- man rdev). designed for the task
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