On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 08:57:57PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > 2-disk boot reads about half of disk, then ask for second disk, then FOR
> > > FIRST, then for second!!!! and... works good.
> > >
> > > why this disk swapping?!
> >
> > This is due to way bootloader reads the kernel. It reads some
> > part of the image, then seeks back to get symbols. This should
> with gzipped kernel? how can it seek on gzipped file to read symbols???

Why don't you read the code and find out?  Oh, wait, I know: it's easier
to annoy everyone on the mailing list.  Silly me.

-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
    And now he couldn't remember when this passion had flown, leaving him so
  foolish and bewildered and astray: can any man?
						   William Styron