Re: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

Ross Vandegrift (ross@willow.seitz.com)
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 12:26:11 -0400


> 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
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