Won't matter. Syslinux is having problems reading files from
the CF disk. This implies a disk geometry problem.
At 01:10 PM 07/11/2001 +0100, John Ridout wrote
>Have you checked the file size of root.lrp?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>> Mike Sensney
>> Sent: 11 July 2001 05:11
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Re: How to make CF disk bootable
>>
>>
>> Hokay...The normal sequence for the Syslinux boot process is:
>>
>> 1) It loads itself into memory.
>> 2) It reads its config file.
>> 3) It loads root.lrp which is the initrd for LEAF/LRP.
>> 4) It loads the kernel.
>> 5) It sets some parameters for the kernel.
>> 6) It passes control to the kernel.
>>
>> The boot process is dying in step 3. Therefore Linux is not
>> your problem
>> because the kernel never gets loaded let alone actually start
>> executing.
>> Syslinux is having problems reading the CF disk.
>>
>> I keep coming back to CHS parameters as being your problem.
>> Something is
>> wrong there. Try some more CHS values.
>>
>> There may be a 32MB barrier problem. Try a much smaller drive size.
>>
>> I'd probably try making the CF disk boot DOS. Once I got that
>> figured out
>> the rest should fall into place.
>>
>> At 07:48 PM 07/10/2001 -0700, Billy Jacobs wrote
>>
>> >The kernel image itself is not corrupt. Filesizez match, as well as
>> >diffs between kernels. I placed the IDE kernel onto the LRP
>> floppy that
>> >I have, and it booted fine, including seeing the IDE device:
>> > hda: Hitachi CVM1.1.1, 30MB w/1kB Cache, CHS=736/5/17
>> > <snip>
>> > Partition check:
>> > hda: hda1
>> >
>> >I can mount the device w/msdos filesystem without a problem.
>> I copied
>> >everything from the floppy over to /dev/hda1. When I reboot after
>> >copying the files over, it starts loading root.lrp, then
>> craps out and
>> >reboots:
>> > Loading root.lrp...
>> >When it comes up next time, it complains about an Invalid of corrupt
>> >kernel. From then on, it will give the same error upon reboot.
>> >
>> >The strange thing is that it only starts loading root.lrp
>> after I copy
>> >the files back over to the CF disk. AND, when it does start loading
>> >root.lrp, it always stops at 3 dots.
>> >
>> >Just to rule out a possible problem with syslinux, I used GRUB, and
>> >when trying to boot off Partition 0, it exhibits the same problem
>> >(therefore, not a problem with syslinux).
>> >
>> >In my syslinux.cfg file, I have set both boot and PKGPATH to
>> /dev/hda1.
>> >
>> >I mentioned before that I have to specify the drive type in
>> my BIOS by
>> >sectors, heads, cylinders, etc. Since a CF disk doesn't
>> have any such
>> >parts, what is the best setting to use? I know by
>> specifying different
>> >values, it changes whether or not the BIOS can see the boot sector of
>> >the CF.
>> >
>> >This is a strange one...any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Billy
>>
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