Re: 2.3.21 No way to boot with loadlin 1.6a

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 13:05:01 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Luca Montecchiani wrote:

> I've tried all *.S lkml patches ( included Linus one's )
> but I can't boot kernel 2.3.21 with loadlin 1.6a
> any hints ?
> Of course 2.3.20 was fine.
>
> Follow my RH 6.0 environment:
>
> [root@pclucam /root]# ld -v
> GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1.0.23)
> [root@pclucam /root]# gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
> gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
>
> thanks,
> luca
>

What doesn't it do? Do something like:

cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /tmp
rdev /tmp/bzImage /dev/root
cp /tmp/bzImage /dev/fd0

See if this boots from a floppy okay.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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