[syslinux] syslinux 2.04 and linux 2.4.21?
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jul 16 12:24:15 PDT 2003
Andreas Haumer wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I have problems booting linux 2.4.21 with syslinux 2.04
> from floppy.
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> Booting with this combination I get the following error:
>
> Loading kernel................
> Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue.
>
> (Note: there are exactly 16 dots ".", it this is relevant)
>
> kernel 817674 07-16-2003 16:36 kernel
... this means the kernel was downloaded, and it get a read error after
the kernel was fully downloaded. At that point it should start looking
for initrd.gz in the root directory. I also see a file with a "long"
filename (lilo.conf) precede it in the directory. I wonder if there is
a connection here.
> syslinux cfg 84 07-16-2003 16:35 syslinux.cfg
> LILO~1 CON 1335 07-16-2003 14:39 lilo.conf
> INITRD GZ 349474 07-16-2003 15:17 initrd.gz
> MAP 25088 07-16-2003 15:08 map
> ldlinux sys 7828 07-16-2003 16:21 ldlinux.sys
> BOOT <DIR> 07-16-2003 16:05 boot
> 8 files 1 201 589 bytes
> 106 496 bytes free
>
What happens if you create a floppy without LILO?
-hpa
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