[ltp] getting 2.4.16 to boot on a 600e

Tom Grydeland linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:33:49 +0100 (MET)


On 10 Dec 2001, Myles Byrne wrote:

> Just one question:
> 
> How did it read the kernel in the first place to be able to say that it
> can't access the IDE devices?

That's the job of the boot loader.  It will figure out a way to bring
your kernel image into memory, and then start running that.

> thanks again for your help

No problem.

>   ::  Myles Byrne | myles.byrnewebservices.com  :.

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