Fix for bzImage on some hardware

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On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

> Debian 1.3 uses a bzImage kernel on its installation floppy. I have reports
> from a number of users that bzImage kernels don't boot on their hardware from
> either floppy or hard disk, but zImage kernels do. One of these users has an
> IBM ThinkPad 365X 16MB. I'm tracking down what the others have.
>
> Has anyone seen this?

Yes, it's a known problem. Interestingly, using loadlin instead of lilo helps on most of the affected machines. Disabling caches and/or adding waitstates may help on some machines, too.

There exists a kernel patch from Jens Maurer which cures the problem on some of the machines, but not on all.