Hi,
Did someone successfully install Debian on Dell's workstation? I get
trouble in doing that. I try to install from the hard disk. When I run
install, it give me the following information:
D:\>loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
LOADLIN v1.6 (C) 1994..1996 Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CPU is in V86-mode (may be WINDOWS, EMM386, QEMM, 386MAX, ...)
You need pure 386/486 real mode or a VCPI server to boot Linux
VCPI is supported by most EMS drivers (if EMS is enabled),
but never under WINDOWS-3.1 or WINDOWS'95.
(However, real DOS-Mode of WINDOWS'95 can have EMS driver with VCPI)
If loading via VCPI you also MUST have:
1. An interceptable setup-code (see MANUAL.TXT)
2. Identical Physical-to-Virtual mapping for the first 640 Kbytes
Your current DOS/CPU configuration is:
load buffer size: 0x00000000 , setup buffer size: 0x3E00
total memory: 0x00100000
CPU is in V86 mode
SetupIntercept: NO
stat2: cpu_V86, but no VCPI available (check aborted)
input params (size 0x0023):
linux root=/dev/ram initrd=root.bin
LOADLIN started from DOS-prompt
WARNING: Not enough free memory (load buffer size)
On my machine, the D: driver has about 4GB. I will use it for linux.
Thanks.
Zheng Wang, Ph. D
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability
University of California, Santa Barbara
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://www.pstat.ucsb.edu/~zwang
