On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 23:53:09 +1130 Mike Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2001 17:15, Geof Steichen wrote:
> > It is a little difficult to cut/paste and e-mail you when I cannot get
> the
> > floppy or cdrom to work so I can get the NIC driver loaded. I cannot
> > telnet, ftp, e-mail, or otherwise communicate using the system in
> question.
>
> [snip]
>
> it's (probably) because the vmlinuz can't find it's modules via loadlin.
> The
> message you're getting is because a request is put out to major-minor
> (doesn't matter which), and there is supposed to be a driver loaded that
> recieves and handles that major-minor number. Ordinarily, the floppy
> driver
> is included monolithic in the kernel, but this doesn't appear to be the
> case
> for you.
>
> loadlin is coupled to a kernel image present in the dos directory, I
> assume
> you've copied a col2.4 kernel there? It's not near good enuff but was
> a good try.
>
> You probably don't want to hear this, but use lilo to boot. I can
> garantee
> you wont BREAK your system IF you have a dos-bootable fdisk floppy.
>
> read up on lilo-> on the site below.
>
> IF and when you strike trouble, as in cannot boot nothing, boot your
> dos-floppy and type the magic words
>
> fdisk /mbr.
>
> make absolutely certain you can do the above before proceeding.
>
> I could help you further here with lilo, but it will take up a lot of
> uneccessary bandwidht that is better explained in lilo-> on the site
> below,
> there's even an example of a dual boot windows/caldera config file you
> can
> use.
>
Same thing applies with grub from floppy. I can't get grub to install
successfully on my hed, but the grub boot floppy is totally self-contained
and works flawlessly for my multi-boot machine.
--
Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE
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