From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Neil Holmes" Subject: RE: Elks Distribution on Bochs 1.4 Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:46:32 +0100 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Michael McConnell Cc: Linux 8086 I wouldn't worry too much about that particular crash just now. As you see - its a single floppy now. Thanks Neil -----Original Message----- From: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Michael McConnell Sent: 28 May 2002 18:44 To: Neil Holmes Cc: Linux 8086 Subject: RE: Elks Distribution on Bochs 1.4 On Tue, 28 May 2002, Neil Holmes wrote: > Thats great news Michael. I am pleased that to hear that you are up and > running. Let me know if you find any problems with your installation. > > Keep your eyes open for upgrades. My current development version (which will > become 0.0.4 in due course) is now installing from a single floppy disk. Its > also not asking for a login at the start. It goes straight into the > installation. I get a bochs crash at the end of the second disc - and it doesn't seem to correctly write the boot loader... Again, despite stating the geometry as 615/6/17, it shows as 613/6/17... *boggle* > Thanks > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael McConnell [mailto:soruk@eridani.co.uk] > Sent: 28 May 2002 18:13 > To: Neil Holmes > Subject: RE: Elks Distribution on Bochs 1.4 > > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Neil Holmes wrote: > > > Please keep me posted. > > I had an invalid floppy delay count - yours was 500, mine was 100 times > that! > > Setting it to 500 made it work. > > Whee. I now have an ELKS bochs ;-) > > > Thanks > > > > Neil > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael McConnell [mailto:soruk@eridani.co.uk] > > Sent: 28 May 2002 14:14 > > To: Neil Holmes > > Subject: Re: Elks Distribution on Bochs 1.4 > > > > > > [Not sent to the list] > > > > Thanks for that, I'll give it a try. > > > > The HD image my bochs setup is currently using is a 504Mb file > (1024/16/63) > > which works fine with a normal Linux installation (albeit very slowly). > > > > I'll try with a smaller one such as described in the config file you > emailed > > me, and see if that works. > > > > (I note that ELKS picked it up as 1022/16/63 not 1024.. wonder if that has > > anything to do with it?) > > > > > > On Tue, 28 May 2002, Neil Holmes wrote: > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > I have installed the Elks Distribution on Bochs ok now. I have attached > my > > > confirguration file for your consideration. I wasn't sure how to create > a > > > disk file in Bochs so I borrowed the hdimage.test file from dosemu. > > > > > > As per my initial instructions I have found that its best to use dos > fdisk > > > to create a partition to start with. I tried without and the install > > failed. > > > > > > A reminder that 0.0.3 is available for download and thats the version > that > > I > > > tested with. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > > -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.3 Now!] > > Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs > Available > > Email: linux@eridani.co.uk http://www.eridani.co.uk Fax: > +44-8701-600807 > > "No. 'Eureka' is Greek for 'This bath is too hot.'" - Dr Who. > > > > > > > > > > -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.3 Now!] > Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs Available > Email: linux@eridani.co.uk http://www.eridani.co.uk Fax: +44-8701-600807 > "No. 'Eureka' is Greek for 'This bath is too hot.'" - Dr Who. > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.3 Now!] Eridani Linux -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat-based Linux CDROMs Available Email: linux@eridani.co.uk http://www.eridani.co.uk Fax: +44-8701-600807 "No. 'Eureka' is Greek for 'This bath is too hot.'" - Dr Who. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html