Re: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels

Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-26T05:16:23Z

Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> writes:

> At 11:00 PM 10/25/2002 +0100, robert w hall wrote:
>
> >Hans Lermen changed the gdt structure in version 1.6b to enable it to
> >boot a win4lin-enabled kernel - he also changed things recently (1.6c)
> >to boot kernels of between 0.5 &1.5Mb compressed.
>
> (1.5MB? I remember hitting the 1MB wall even after grabbing 1.6c. hmm..)
>
> I went back and double-checked my loadlin version, and it turned out I was
> actually using 1.6a due to a fat finger. Version 1.6c booted fine (only one
> kernel tested) without Eric's help. 1.6a definitely needs Eric's help to boot.

Darn. I guess the arguments for my patch may not be quite as good,
but I still think it may be worth while.

> (gee, it works. sure hope I don't hit the new lard limit any time soon;)

I wonder what the change in 1.6b was....

Eric