Try adding a hardcoded "mem=XXXM" to the loadlin parms, I think in
install.bat, maybe something like "append='mem=XXXM'". This is proably
because loadlin and the kernel are detecting differing memory amounts,
with the kernel being too small. -Tom
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, William Chops Westfield wrote:
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:10:23 PST
> From: William Chops Westfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [tomsrtbt] Dos install not working on big systems?
>
> > I tried a tomsrtbt install from dos the other day, and it didn't work.
> > >From the output, it looked like it got confused because by system had
> > too much memory (256k, I think) and decided there was no room for the
> > root file system.
>
> Did you do a full real "restart in MS-DOS mode"?
>
> Yes. I removed a 128M dimm, leaving 64M in the box, and it worked fine
> using the same procedure. (and failed again after I put the memory back.)
>
> The exact messages include:
>
> Now booting the kernel
> Memory: sized by int13 088h
> initrd extends beyond end of memory (0x040ffa21 > 0x040ff0000)
> disabling initrd
> :
> Memory: 64636k/66556k available (424k kernel code, 384k reserved, 112k data)
> :
> VFS: cannot open rood device 08:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>
> (stop)
>
> BillW
>
