kees writes:
>
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote:
>
> > kees writes:
> > >
> > > Hi There,
> > >
> > > I downloaded elks version 0.8. and the images.zip.
> > > I build the Image file, wrote it to floppy. It boots but all ends after:
> [snip]
> >
> > What type of machine are you installing to? What kind of floppy drive do
> > you have in it, and what machine did you write the disk on? ave you tried
> > the precompiled 'boot' image rather than the comb image? Have previous
> > versions of ELKS worked when you tried to boot them the same way?
> >
> > Al
> >
> I tried various approaches:
>
> 1) wrote the comb file on a Linxu box with dd to the floppy
>
> 2) build the Image file on a Linxu box with bcc and the dev86 tools and
> wrote the Image file with dd to the floppy.
>
> For the target machine I tried 2 different platforms:
>
> a) A 80286 motherboard with 1MB ram a IDE interface without HD but WITH
> 2 FD drives attached, a VGS card and an IO card.
>
> b) A 80486 board with an UMC 80486, 16 MB of Ram and further all the ISA
> boards from the above setup.
>
> Neither method leads to a completed boot. For the Image file I put some
> print statements in the setup code and the boot progresses up to the
> jmpi 0x0003,0x1002 call.....
I have been unable to replicate the problem you describe. All the systems I
have tested on have booted without problem including a 486 similar to the
one you describe. Has anyone else had this problem?
Al
