From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.idleaire.net ([65.220.16.2] helo=iasrv1.idleaire.net) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.42 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Cei3k-0005OD-Od for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:55:55 -0500 From: Dave Dillow To: "Carlos, John J USAATC" In-Reply-To: <1103149330.5809.1.camel@dillow.idleaire.com> References: <1103149330.5809.1.camel@dillow.idleaire.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1103151351.5814.12.camel@dillow.idleaire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:55:51 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "'linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org'" Subject: Re: Big Problem with DOC 128Mbyte Help! ADDED Note List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 17:22, Dave Dillow wrote: > On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 09:49, Carlos, John J USAATC wrote: > > The docfdisk utility shows that there are two partitions. The BDL and the > > BDTL partition. Could this be giving me problems? Should I get rid of the > > two partitions and have one large one? Is that even possible? > > IIRC, the BDL partition is the DOC BIOS extension, which you'll need for > using a standard BIOS. > > The BDTL is the actual data partition. > > Your setup is normal. Argh. I should add that is normal for using M-System's BIOS extensions to boot like you would from any other BIOS device, like a hard drive. Have you tried an alternate means of booting? Perhaps using a modified grub in place of M-System's BIOS driver? I've not tried it, but it could help you avoid having their code trample your filesystem -- Dave Dillow