Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-23 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 15:13, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > The ramdisk_size is probably a bit higher than strictly needed. > > I would think the ramdisk size would have to be much higher. I know > 8192 wasn't enough when I made my last custom install cd. I started > using 16384 as far as I reca

Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-23 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 12:43:19AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > I have today managed to boot from dos using loadlin. > The version of loadlin I used is 1.6c. > The kernel and initrd I used are from the hd-media installation method. > > The command I used to load linux was: > loadlin vmlinux /dev/ram

Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-22 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Frans Pop wrote: > On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:12, Avid LinuxHacker wrote: > > A reply to my installation question in the users forum has raised a > > concern that I am hoping someone here can resolve quickly. The > > respondant to the loadlin & initrd boot/install quest

Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 23 August 2005 00:43, Frans Pop wrote: > loadlin vmlinux /dev/ram rw root=/dev/ram initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=1000 Always a stupid typo: vmlinux should of course be vmlinuz... > The ramdisk_size is probably a bit higher than strictly needed. pgpdkckExMFNn.pgp Description: PGP sign

Re: Boot Instal thru Loadlin and initrd image

2005-08-22 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 17 August 2005 06:12, Avid LinuxHacker wrote: > A reply to my installation question in the users forum has raised a > concern that I am hoping someone here can resolve quickly. The > respondant to the loadlin & initrd boot/install question stated that it > is no longer possible to do