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From: Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: mtd lilo
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 12:15:33 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B703045.FDD45F99@Rikers.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 31492.997190095@redhat.com

hmmm.

Can the FAQ get updated?

ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/mtd/cvs/mtd/mtd-jffs-HOWTO.txt

The DOC section says to use nftl_format

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> dpathirana@sri.crossvue.com said:
> >  I formatted it with the nftl_format, how does this affect lilo?? How
> > can I figure out if it's still there??
> 
> You probably removed the BIOS completely then. You can't use LILO without a
> BIOS to provide INT 13h functionality.
> 
> Reformat the DiskOnChip with the DFORMAT utility, and you should get the
> BIOS back. You shouldn't need to use nftl_format - I'm severely tempted to
> remove it from CVS.
> 
> --
> dwmw2
> 
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      reply	other threads:[~2001-08-07 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-06  2:32 mtd lilo dhammika
2001-08-07 10:11 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-07 11:57   ` dhammika
2001-08-07 13:14     ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-07 18:15       ` Tim Riker [this message]

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