Re: bzdisk broken in 2.4.5?

[D. Stimits]

"D. Stimits" wrote:
> 
> I've tried on two separate machines to test out 2.4.5 through the "make
> bzdisk" boot floppy, and it fails on both (the compile succeeds, but
> boot never gets to LILO, it simply gives "400" and a repeating list of
> AX, BX, CX, and DX registers). Both are scsi aic7xxx, but use different
> controllers, and have scsi directly compiled in. One machine is based on
> RH 7.1 beta, the other on RH 7.1. Both are x86 SMP, with motherboard and
> all hardware being different. Using the same kernel through a
> "mkbootdisk" works, only "make bzdisk" fails. Can anyone here verify
> that "make bzdisk" will create a bootable floppy (I did try an entire
> box of different floppies) on 2.4.5+? Especially, can anyone verify this
> for SMP and/or purely scsi machines? If scsi, do you use aic7xxx?
> 
> D. Stimits, [e-mail]

I found some references to bzdisk breaking in 2.3.28, followed by a fix.
Checking /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S, the fix has remained
and has not been lost. See:
http://web.gnu.walfield.org/mail-archive/linux-kernel/1999-November/1818.html

However, something else must have changed since then to cause the image
size to go over its maximum. Has bzdisk being abandoned (or at least
ignored)?

D. Stimits, [e-mail]