From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re2: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels
Date: 8 Sep 2001 13:02:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ndtft$6ci$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51.10cc64a8.28cb50f8@aol.com>
Followup to: <51.10cc64a8.28cb50f8@aol.com>
By author: Floydsmith@aol.com
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Yes, indeed, not loading himem does solve the problem I had. But, do to the
> fact that I need extented memory (for a DOS ramdisk) and for some TSR(s)
> (like smartdrv) for a LS-120 boot disk I use as both a Linux and DOS "rescue"
> disk, I need "himem".
>
Someone reported to me that LOADLIN consistently fails to load kernels
> 1 MB both with and without A20 changes; probably it tries to use the
old "sector count" field in the kernel. This would explain what we
have observed, and so I consider this matter closed as far as I'm
concerned. LOADLIN needs to be updated to continue to be useful, and
I don't know if Hans is still around, even.
-hpa
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2001-09-08 10:46 Re2: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels Floydsmith
2001-09-08 20:02 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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