Hello, On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:24:58 +0200 Frans Pop wrote: > OK, some progress. As .25 was failing so badly, I have built a .24 kernel > based on upstream .24.7 with the debian -486 config, but with ext2 > modular so it will fit on the boot floppy. > > That boot floppy boots correctly in VirtualBox, both if built using > syslinux _63 from unstable as with _70 from experimental. Yay! > [...] > After that I also rebuilt the boot floppy using .25, but that still fails > fails to boot in the same way as my previous mail, which seems to confirm > a kernel issue (given that .24 does work). > > I've uploaded everything, including my .24 kernel udebs, to > http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/floppy/. > > Holger: at least this means you can now test if the new syslinux solves > your boot problem; please try both the boot_* images in floppy-2.6.24. > > Joey: can you look into the problem loading the root floppy with .24? > Note that the kernel version is 24.7, not 24-7. > > Not sure what to do about the problem with .25 at this point. File a bug > against the Debian package? Take it upstream? Just ignore it for a bit?
I tried the boot images from http://people.debian.org/~fjp/tmp/d-i/floppy/. The 2.6.24 boot floppies (syslinux 3.63 and 3.70) worked well. Both behaved the same: Loading linux - Success Loading initrd - Success Then was prompted for root floppy The 2.6.25 boot floppies failed (as already reported by fjp). Both behaved the same: Loading linux - Success Loading initrd - At the end of this, the screen goes black, machine reboots. No additional info could be seen. All these tests were done on two completely different, but old machines. Holger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
