Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 18:41:09 -0700 (MST) | From | Bob Nielsen <> | Subject | Re: bzdisk boot failure |
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On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, A Guy called Tyketto wrote:
> > I compiled 2.0.27 with 'make bzdisk'. The compilation was successful, but > > when I tried to boot with the floppy, I got > > > > Loading.... > > > > Followed by a repeating series of: > > > > 1010 > > AX:0212 > > BX:3400 > > CX:0001 > > DX:0000. > > > > The first one or two of these had different numbers, but after that they > > repeated as above. > > > > Using the bzImage file produced by the compilation with loadlin resulted > > in a successful boot. > > > > Is bzdisk broken somehow, or is there something I need to do? I only make > > the disks for use in case of problems. > > First thing that I would assume, is that you're using a 720K disk to > load your kernel off of. I believe Linus stated back around the 1.3.70 stage > that low denisity disks will no longer work, no matter if you're using bzdisk > or zdisk. you will have to use a high density disk, loadlin, or LILO. Try > remaking bzdisk with a HD disk, and you should be fine..
Nope, it's a 1.44 HD. The file is ~420K. What file type is the boot disk? It won't mount as ext2 or any of the other types I have defined.
Bob
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