Re2: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
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Subj: Re: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
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Subj:loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
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Greetings,
I hadn't had time to build/test kernels since 2.5.8-pre3. I now find that loadlin doesn't work on my box any more. Is this a known problem? If so, when did it quit working? (loadlin obsolete? other?)
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At the moment, the only way I have to boot is via floppy.
loadlin will not work with any kernel that is 1024k or greater in size. There is a replacement named "linld" at:
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/index.html
which help you.
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Yeah, that's always been a pain, but that's not what I'm hitting (violent reboot). I'll give linld (thanks!) a shot, but mostly, I want my dearly beloved loadlin back ;-)
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Yes I have seen that one to (but only with certain large kernels and when certain large initrd images are used). The only solution I have found (so far) is to reduce the size of the initrd - again, a pain. If linld works for you, please reply; this would be usefull info.
What was the last version that booted for you no problem? (other than size)
-Mike
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What was the last version that booted for you no problem? (other than size)
-Mike
In my case x.38 that is the last, I don't no anymore why not .39 (did it compile?)
But sure .40 didn't boot with loadlin and an image dd'd to a floppy
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Groeten / Regards, Rene J. Blokland
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In article <[email protected]>, Mike Galbraith
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What was the last version that booted for you no problem? (other than size)
-Mike
In my case x.38 that is the last, I don't no anymore why not .39 (did it compile?)
But sure .40 didn't boot with loadlin and an image dd'd to a floppy
Hmm. Are you certain the last working version wasn't at .30 that just before Ingos gdt changes. And changing the gdt is quite likely to have broken loadlin, as it uses the segments in the gdt from setup.S
I will see if I can build a test patch for this. Except for the recent EDD work and the GDT change there really haven't been changes to setup.S so this failure report is very strange.
Eric