Thread: Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-14 19:50:30

RTFM ;-)

http://www.devil-linux.org/newdoc/ch01s07.html#d0e864

cya
  Heiko

On 10/14/2003 03:30:03 PM Bruce Smith wrote:
>I recently had this brilliant idea to install Linux on a couple older
>boxes.  I have a P5-166 and a P5-100.  Both have 80MB of memory, and a=

>IDE CD drive.  Both PC's boot a Windows-98 CDROM fine.  When I boot
>either PC from the latest DL CD, it reads the CD briefly, then I get:
>
>isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it...
>isolinux: Failed to access CD-ROM device; boot failed.
>
>The same DL CD works fine on a newer PC.  I tried a new CD drive on th=
e
>P5-1xx PC's and I get the same error.  I checked for a newer BIOS on
>both PC's, and they are already running the latest.
>
>A lot of google'ing leads me to believe this is a common problem with
>older BIOS's.  The syslinux/isolinux page implies old PC's like this m=
ay
>work with "memdisk" instead of isolinux, but that requires a floppy
>image, which we don't produce and a standard size floppy image would b=
e
>too large to produce with all the modules we include in the initrd.
>
>Any suggestions before I try and produce a floppy image (minus the SCS=
I
>modules), and try and make it boot with memdisk, or standard mkisofs a=
nd
>a eltorito boot image ???
>
>P.S.  This is bad if DL won't boot on older PC's ...

=

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-14 21:00:13

On 10/14/2003 04:46:41 PM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> RTFM ;-)
>>
>> http://www.devil-linux.org/newdoc/ch01s07.html#d0e864
>
>
>That would be great, if it worked ...   :-(
>
>When running linux.bat from C: I get:
>
>Uncompressing Linux ...
>Invalid compressed format (err=3D2)
>Halting system
>
>Got another RTFM for me?  ;-)

I was so sure I got you this time...

I didn't use that function for quite a while, can you try it on a machi=
ne
where you know DL is booting?
Just to make sure there are no memory problems or so.

cya
   Heiko
=

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-14 21:20:35

> >When running linux.bat from C: I get:
> >
> >Uncompressing Linux ...
> >Invalid compressed format (err=2)
> >Halting system
>
> I didn't use that function for quite a while, can you try it on a machine
> where you know DL is booting?
> Just to make sure there are no memory problems or so.

No memory problems, I ran memtest86 for 26+ hours before I started.  :-)

The problem appears to be loadlin needs to be upgraded to version 16c.
>From the loadlin-16c readme:

  LOADLIN-16c
  ===========
  Support for loading bzImages bigger than 1MB compressed.
  Those images may be produced by kernels >= 2.4.5
  (setup_header_version >= 0x0202).

So, I copied loadlin.exe (16c) to my floppy, and ran it from there.
Boots fine!  :-)

BTW, the linux.bat kernel parameters probably need to be updated too,
since they don't match the parameters in isolinux.cfg.

Is this a bug fix for 1.0, or a new 1.1 feature?  ;->

 - BS

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...> - 2003-10-14 23:16:48

Bruce Smith wrote:
> So, I copied loadlin.exe (16c) to my floppy, and ran it from there.
> Boots fine!  :-)
> 
> BTW, the linux.bat kernel parameters probably need to be updated too,
> since they don't match the parameters in isolinux.cfg.
> 
> Is this a bug fix for 1.0, or a new 1.1 feature?  ;->

As it fixes a problem it is definitely a bug fix, I'd say.

-- 
MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
____________________________________________________________________
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URL: http://www.lsl.at/                         Email: fl...@fl...
____________________________________________________________________

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Heiko Z. <he...@zu...> - 2003-10-15 01:45:19

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:

> Bruce Smith wrote:
>
>> So, I copied loadlin.exe (16c) to my floppy, and ran it from there.
>> Boots fine!  :-)
>>
>> BTW, the linux.bat kernel parameters probably need to be updated too,
>> since they don't match the parameters in isolinux.cfg.
>>
>> Is this a bug fix for 1.0, or a new 1.1 feature?  ;->
>
>
> As it fixes a problem it is definitely a bug fix, I'd say.
>
Agreed.
RC2 is already uploaded, so it will go into  RC3 then.

cya
  Heiko

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-15 12:25:46

> >> So, I copied loadlin.exe (16c) to my floppy, and ran it from there.
> >> Boots fine!  :-)
> >>
> >> BTW, the linux.bat kernel parameters probably need to be updated too,
> >> since they don't match the parameters in isolinux.cfg.
> >>
> >> Is this a bug fix for 1.0, or a new 1.1 feature?  ;->
> >
> > As it fixes a problem it is definitely a bug fix, I'd say.
> >
> Agreed.

Wow, an actual bug for 1.0 ...   :-)

> RC2 is already uploaded, so it will go into  RC3 then.

What's the best way to handle this one?

The current source file is:  loadlin16.tar.bz2
The author doesn't offer a new tar file, only a new loadlin.exe binary.

Shall I replace the loadlin.exe binary and tar up my own package and
name it loadlin16c.tar.bz2 ?

 - BS

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-10-15 12:52:26

On 10/15/2003 08:25:43 AM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> >> So, I copied loadlin.exe (16c) to my floppy, and ran it from ther=
e.
>> >> Boots fine!  :-)
>> >>
>> >> BTW, the linux.bat kernel parameters probably need to be updated
>too,
>> >> since they don't match the parameters in isolinux.cfg.
>> >>
>> >> Is this a bug fix for 1.0, or a new 1.1 feature?  ;->
>> >
>> > As it fixes a problem it is definitely a bug fix, I'd say.
>> >
>> Agreed.
>
>Wow, an actual bug for 1.0 ...   :-)

No.
Actually a bug in <=3D 1.0-RC2 ;-)

>> RC2 is already uploaded, so it will go into  RC3 then.
>
>What's the best way to handle this one?
>
>The current source file is:  loadlin16.tar.bz2
>The author doesn't offer a new tar file, only a new loadlin.exe binary=
.

Do I hate this...
But at least there's an update.

>Shall I replace the loadlin.exe binary and tar up my own package and
>name it loadlin16c.tar.bz2 ?

Name it loadlin16-devil.tar.bz2 , so we don't wonder in a couple of
month...

cya
  Heiko
=

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-15 13:16:06

> >Shall I replace the loadlin.exe binary and tar up my own package and
> >name it loadlin16c.tar.bz2 ?
> 
> Name it loadlin16-devil.tar.bz2 , so we don't wonder in a couple of
> month...

I named it loadlin16c-devil.tar.bz2, PLUS I added a Devil-Linux.txt file
in the package telling what I did.

I'll be uploading shortly ...

 - BS

Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Boot problem.

From: Bruce S. <bw...@ar...> - 2003-10-14 20:46:49

> RTFM ;-)
> 
> http://www.devil-linux.org/newdoc/ch01s07.html#d0e864


That would be great, if it worked ...   :-(

When running linux.bat from C: I get:

  Uncompressing Linux ...
  Invalid compressed format (err=2)
  Halting system

Got another RTFM for me?  ;-)

 - BS

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