Re: syslinux floppy boot problem

2001-04-22 Thread Pann McCuaig
Answering my own question, here is the configuration selection (from block devices using make menuconfig) that boots from lilo but not from syslinux: [*] Normal PC floppy disk support [ ] Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support --- Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE

syslinux floppy boot problem

2001-04-22 Thread Pann McCuaig
I'm having a problem booting my firewall box from a syslinux floppy. It boots the same kernel from the HD under lilo just fine. I know that this worked once upon a time using kernel 2.2.17, but it's not working now with kernel 2.2.19, and (he sheepishly adds) I seem to have misplaced the .config I

Re: floppy boot problem

1997-03-31 Thread Hubert FAUQUE
>Hubert FAUQUE wrote: >> >> I tried to make a boot floppy by copying the kernel on the floppy: >> cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 >> it works except that when I boot from the floppy my Adaptec 1542 >> isn't recognized at boot; when I boot with the same kernel from the >> hard disk

Re: floppy boot problem

1997-03-31 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Hubert FAUQUE wrote: > > I tried to make a boot floppy by copying the kernel on the floppy: > cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 > it works except that when I boot from the floppy my Adaptec 1542 > isn't recognized at boot; when I boot with the same kernel from the > hard disk the 15

floppy boot problem

1997-03-31 Thread Hubert FAUQUE
I tried to make a boot floppy by copying the kernel on the floppy: cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 it works except that when I boot from the floppy my Adaptec 1542 isn't recognized at boot; when I boot with the same kernel from the hard disk the 1542 is recognized without problems;