On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:10:47 +0000 (GMT), Arrigo Triulzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Yes. I have actually managed to boot the machine using 1.3 (!!) > Tecra disks. The latest Tecra disks (by latest I mean both from hamm > & slink) don't work, I get the reboot. I think it probably is the > usual bzImage problem with Toshiba boxes, just this time it is even > more sensitive to something.
> |Are you on x86? > Yes, Mobile Pentium 266 MMX. > |How did you build the floppies? If you used rawwrite2.exe from > within |the Windows95 dos box (within windows), try booting into > straight DOS |(use F8) and then use rawwrite again. > On three different platforms & brand new disks. I first did it on a > Windows box but then thought that it must have been the problem so I > used a Digital UNIX box with dd, they still failed so I tried a > Linux box with dd. They all failed until I tried the 1.3 disks as I > mentioned above. > What I have done is install 1.3, upgrade to 2.0 using the > upgrade-i386 directory over NFS once I had PCMCIA running and then > rebuilt a minimal kernel without rebooting off a clean > linux-2.0.36.tar.gz. Oh boy. Arrigo, thanks for having patience. We've had a lot of problems with Toshibas. I'm not sure why. I want it fixed. This has even bit RMS! Toshibas are the most widely sold laptops. Anyone on the boot-floppies or testing list have a clue? Who's the culprit? SYSLINUX? The kernel image? -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
