Messages in this thread | | | From | "Dave Cinege" <> | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 97 14:05:31 -0500 | Subject | LILO and kernel bootsector will not boot off an LS-120 IDE floppy. |
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I also have been unable to get lilo to work either.
Depending on how I install lilo to the floppy I get " 01" running across and down the screen, or it says Boot Failed: (some garbage)
Can anyone make any suggestions? I ABSOLUTELY NEED to be able to boot an LS-120 with linux. Point me in the right direction and I'll start hacking.
On Fri, 8 Aug 1997 06:07:03 +0400 (IDT), Gadi Oxman wrote:
>On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, Dave Cinege wrote: > >> I am trying to redo my router with an LS-120. Currently I just use >> a standard 1.44mb. It uses a raw zImage written to the floppy starting at >> sector 0. The root is compressed and implanted right after the kernel on the >> same disk. I rdev the info right into the kernel before I write it to the >> disk. >> >> With the LS-120 I get this when I try to boot a disk like this (either 120 >> or 1.44mb floppy in the ls-120 drive) >> >> Linux.......................... >> Uncompressing linux... >> >> invalid compressed format (err=2) >> >> -- System halted >> >> >> This is with 2.1.42 on a 1.44mb. With a 120mb when I can get it to load >> anything a just not lock it says (err=1). With my old 2.0.29 based floppy >> when it gets to the end of "Linux.........................." it just >> reboots. >> >> Now I can boot an OpenDOS floppy OK. I can also boot a Debian 1.3 >> Rescue/Install disk without any problems....that uncompresses the kernel >> just fine (2.0.29 based). It uses ldlinux.sys (I have no idea what this is. >> Is it like lilo?) to start-off. >> >> I can move to this (or maybe lilo will also work) but something is not >> right. The way I am doing it now should work. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> http://www.psychosis.com/emc/ Elite MicroComputers 908-541-4214 >> http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ Linux Router Project > >I am not familiar with the implementation of the various Linux loaders. >It seems that the problem is probably either in the default Linux loader >arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S, or perhaps in the BIOS floppy emulation support.
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