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From: Bruce Perens[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 1996 9:34 PM
To: bruce; salwen; Happy Linux Users; Charles A. Schuman
Subject: Re: #1, make it boot! Engage.
From: "Charles A. Schuman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> # fdisk (then "p"
>s> Is it possible that you have a disk that is bigger than your bios rom
>s> knows how to handle?
>How can I tell if the BIOS is going to handle it?
Well, if you needed to load a special driver to run DOS with the disk then
the BIOS dowsn't handle it. Since you have less than 1024 cylinders on t
From: "Charles A. Schuman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> # fdisk (then "p")
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 *1 1251 513891 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/sda2 252252976 1484437+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/sda3 977977 1003 55282+ 82 Lin
This is my original post
cas> I've a kernel on the /dev/sda2 partition in the /boot directory,
cas> and it's called vmlinuz. My boot partition doesn't seem to be set
cas> correctly, because it's not booting /dev/sda2 as root. Instead, it
cas> displays "Loading Linux ", then "boot: " and t
> My number one stumbling block with Linux seems to be making it boot.
>
> I've a kernel on the /dev/sda2 partition in the /boot directory,
> and it's called vmlinuz. My boot partition doesn't seem to be set
> correctly, because it's not booting /dev/sda2 as root. Instead, it
> displays "Loading
My number one stumbling block with Linux seems to be making it boot.
I've a kernel on the /dev/sda2 partition in the /boot directory,
and it's called vmlinuz. My boot partition doesn't seem to be set
correctly, because it's not booting /dev/sda2 as root. Instead, it
displays "Loading Linux ...
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