thanx: Re: booting problem ?

[manu <manu@prodigylabs.com>]

thanx for ur reply.
if u dont mind u want little more information about the problem.
wht do u mean by legacy floppy drive. if kernel can boot in that why not 
on IDE floppy drive. i think booting process is done by bios program, i 
dont think it depends up on kernel.why i cannot install & boot kernel 
from the compact flash in newer kernels.can u pls give some information 
about this.
-manu



H. Peter Anvin wrote:
The builtin boot sector can only be used to boot from legacy floppy
drives, not even USB or IDE floppy drives. It's use is deprecated
(and removed in 2.6.)
Use a bootloader.
-hpa


>Followup to:  <4086424B.9070206@prodigylabs.com>
>By author:    manu <manu@prodigylabs.com>
>In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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>>hi all  iam new to this list.
>>i am trying to install the linux without bootloader.
>>i used dd  to write kernel image to /dev/hdc.
>>but when i try to boot from it. it is saying
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>> Loading.
>> 4000
>> AX:0208
>> BX:0200
>> CX:0002
>> DX:0000
>> 4000
>>iam using  2.4.22 kernel.
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>>can anybody tell me whts the problem. when i tried same with /dev/fd0 (floppy) it  is booting fine.but i dont know
>>whts the prolem with the compact flash,any ideas.
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