Hi, Well I was able to find my own solution. I revised the "append" in the "builit.s" files to this: append="ide2=0xa800,0xac00 ide3=0xb000,0xb400 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_start=$O1 mem=128m" So with this Linux is forced to read the BIOS info for my Ultra card. Note that the values after 0x will be different for each machine and you can determine yours from Windoze card properites or from dmesg, if you can still boot normally. I still anm wondering about the fdformat error that I am getting however: > About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 > Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB. > Formatting ... > ioctl(FDFMTBEG): Operation not permitted > FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue.. Thanks, Glenn ------ Glenn wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Well I'm a repeat customer and I'm really stuck this time. I've been > using your boot disk for a few years but with my new box setup I can't > get ANY boot disk to work due to my hardware setup so I fell pretty > vulnerable. > > Anyway I used my normal customizations of your boot disk so that I could > use pico but this time I also used a small mono version of my current > kernel which is 2.4.0-test9. I went this way since my linux (and > windows) hard drives are on a Maxtor Ultra dma/100 pci card which has > its own chip. So my linux root=/dev/hdg9. None of the standard boot > floppies recognize anything off of the MBO and I don't have a BIOS which > allows booting off of the board first as an option. I built a toms > version with my kernel but just after it opens the ramdisk I get this: > > ramdisk --- blah > ttys)) --- blah > ttyS01 --- blah > hard drive sector size is 1024 > fatfs: bogus cluster size > hard drive sector size is 1024 > fatfs: bogus cluster size > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable ot mount root fs on 01:00 > > Also of note is that for whatever reason I had to format my floppy first > to 1722 using: > > fdformat -n /dev/fd0u1722 > > and modify install.s: > > # ./fdformat $FD||FAIL fdformat error > > since I was getting this error: > > # ./install.s > > Don't forget to READ the FAQ. > > Insert a blank writable 3.5" floppy diskette then strike ENTER. > > About to fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 > Double-sided, 82 tracks, 21 sec/track. Total capacity 1722 kB. > Formatting ... > ioctl(FDFMTBEG): Operation not permitted > FAILED fdformat error Enter to continue... > > I'm hoping you can help. > > Thanks, > Glenn > -----
