Aaahhh...thanks. That explains it.
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 08:42:34 -0400 (EDT),
> mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mike Burger) wrote:
> >I'm wondering, though, about the kernel-BOOT package. I noticed that
> >the SGI installer did not install that package on my system, so I was
> >wondering what the kernel-BOOT package is/does, and whether or not I
> >need it for anything.
>
> rpm -qip /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.2-2.i386.rpm
> This package includes a trimmed down version of the Linux kernel.
> This kernel is used on the installation boot disks only and should
> not be used for an installed system, as many features in this kernel
> are turned off because of the size constraints.
>
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