Messages in this thread |  | | From | Floydsmith@aol ... | Date | Sat, 8 Sep 2001 06:46:16 EDT | Subject | Re2: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels |
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>> >Hi everyone, >> > >> >I got a bug report of LOADLIN not working with recent -ac kernels, and >> >thought it might have something to do with my recent A20 changes that >> >were added to -ac. However, in trying to reproduce this bug, I have >> >been completely unable to boot *any* 2.4 kernel with LOADLIN-1.6, >> > trying this from Win98 DOS mode. >> > >> >Anyone have any insight into this? I really don't understand how the >> >A20 changes could affect LOADLIN, and it's starting to look to me that >> >there is some other problem going on... >> > >> > -hpa >> > ><snip> > >> loads the 2.4.x kernel into a buffer. The kernel then attempts boot >> just the "boot" sector stuff. This again probes for the total amount of >> system ram (64MB). But, because of the much greater size of 2.4.x >> kernels some memory location that himem uses (I think - maybe BIOS
>Sounds like something booting to Safe Mode Command Prompt Only would fix, >as opposed to booting to plain command prompt mode >command prompt mode will load some drivers (such as himem), better not to >load them when using LOADLIN. Safe Mode Command Prompt Only boots >straight to the command prompt, very similar to setting init to /bin/sh >for a completely bare single-user mode.
Yes, indeed, not loading himem does solve the problem I had. But, do to the fact that I need extented memory (for a DOS ramdisk) and for some TSR(s) (like smartdrv) for a LS-120 boot disk I use as both a Linux and DOS "rescue" disk, I need "himem".
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