Linked by Ben Hughes on Tue 5th Oct 2004 19:16 UTC
GNU/Linux, and all other operating systems, are based around a kernel which controls hardware access and maximizes CPU and RAM efficiency by controlling when and how much programs get to use. The difference between Linux and most other operating systems (closed source ones at least BSD and other open source OS's you can do this with) is that you can compile the kernel to meet your needs.
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With 2.6 kernels, make install places everything needed into /boot.
I should start doing that. I still do it manually so there is a stock kernel, old kernel, and new kernel to choose from (or fall back on).
As far as chrooting, why not append "linux root=/dev/hda1" on boot to save a step or two. (Assuming hda1 is the root.)