Re: NO ROM BASIC
Ravi Terala (rterala@qualcomm.com)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:02:47 -0700 (MST)
>
> On Thu, 3 Dec 1998 doctor@fruitbat.org wrote:
>
> > Did you enable the SMP option?
> >
> > > make config
> > > make dep
> > > make bzImage
> > > make install
> > >
> > > Then I rebooted. When it starts, it goes to 40 column mode and
> > > says "NO ROM BASIC"
> >
> > Pardon me, but it sounds like you just booted an Atari 400 (or maybe a
> > VIC 20, or possibly a Commodore PET ;-).
> >
> > Seriously, this almost sounds like a virus has infected your boot block.
> > Can you boot off of floppy? Are you using LILO? Do you have more than
> > one OS on your system?
>
> I once saw this on my old 386 based linux system.. when the boot record
> became corrupt.. it wasnt a virus, for some reason the BIOS just wouldnt
> let the hdd boot, also could be related to incorrect drive geometry inthe
> BIOS (heads, cylinders, sectors etc)
>
> havent seen the error for a while but its probably part of the newer
> BIOS's too (probably some legacy code) :)
>
>
As far as I know, when int 19h is invoked it enters ROM BIOS if it is present.
This is true with old 386 BIOSes, I did not experiment with newer ones.
Seems like some how this interrupt is being invoked.
Regards
Ravi
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