From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14FIK2-0000El-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2001 16:05:30 +0000 Received: from [64.74.56.234] (helo=stardust.tg-embedded.com) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #2) id 14FIK1-0000Ee-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Sun, 07 Jan 2001 16:05:29 +0000 Message-ID: <3A5891FC.881D5139@softhome.net> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 10:57:48 -0500 From: dant@softhome.net MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nicholas Mc Guire CC: mtd@infradead.org Subject: Re: offtopic request References: <200101071538.IAA22014@nis.hofr.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > Hi ! > > I have a question about ide-compatible flash-cards. > The one is a KINMAX KCF008M which works fine and the second > is a SanDisk SDCFB , both officially 8MB..., the second card > can be mounted formated writen too but I can't get it to boot > from that card , I only get > > 01 01 01 01 01 01 .... If memory serves (and if your attempting to use lilo ) this would be a disk geometry error generated by lilo itself. Maybe you could pass the disk geometry to lilo? > > on the screen at boot-up. > > Now can anybody point out why one is bootable and the other not ? and how > can one tell which one will be bootable and which one will not ? Both are > detected in the BIOS without any problem (one as (CHS) 250/4/16 the other as > (CHS) 245/2/32). > > thx ! > hofrat > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org