LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

[H. Peter Anvin]

Hi everyone,

I got a bug report of LOADLIN not working with recent -ac kernels, and 
thought it might have something to do with my recent A20 changes that 
were added to -ac.  However, in trying to reproduce this bug, I have 
been completely unable to boot *any* 2.4 kernel with LOADLIN-1.6, trying 
this from Win98 DOS mode.

Anyone have any insight into this?  I really don't understand how the 
A20 changes could affect LOADLIN, and it's starting to look to me that 
there is some other problem going on...

	-hpa

Re: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

[Ross Vandegrift]

> been completely unable to boot *any* 2.4 kernel with LOADLIN-1.6, trying 
> this from Win98 DOS mode.
> 
> Anyone have any insight into this?  I really don't understand how the 
> A20 changes could affect LOADLIN, and it's starting to look to me that 
> there is some other problem going on...

Very interesting.  I've managed to get a decent number of machines booting via
DOS and loadlin with 2.4 kernels.  I happen to be using kernels in the 2.4.7-ac
range.

I've got it going on all various sorts of hardware.  If you need some info, just
ask.

Ross Vandegrift
ross@willow.seitz.com

Re: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

[Frank Davis]

> 
> Very interesting.  I've managed to get a decent number of machines booting via
> DOS and loadlin with 2.4 kernels.  I happen to be using kernels in the 2.4.7-ac
> range.


I was able to boot a recent 2.4.x kernel that was less than the floppy 
size requirement. Kernels greater than that size will automatically 
reboot my machine (using the Win95 Command Prompt Only option + LOADLIN 
1.6a). My last recorded 2.4.x kernel to boot with a size greater than a 
floppy is 2.4.5-ac17, which is very close the size of the recent kernels 
). The same .config has been used with the recent 2.4.x kernels as 
2.4.5-ac17 (minor additions for new fs supports). The power management 
option is not enabled.

Regards,
Frank

> 
> I've got it going on all various sorts of hardware.  If you need some info, just
> ask.
> 
> Ross Vandegrift
> ross@willow.seitz.com
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