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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
To: DervishD <raul@pleyades.net>,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Unable to boot a raw kernel image :??
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:29:32 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200212030640.gB36dhp09194@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021129132126.GA102@DervishD>

On 29 November 2002 11:21, DervishD wrote:
>     Hi all :))
>
>     A time ago I was able to generate bootable Linux CD's just by
> dd'ing a floppy containing a raw kernel image:
>
>     dd if=/dev/fd0 of=eltorito
>
>     After that, mkisofsing, toasting and booting. But now, depending
> on the machine,                                            ^^^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Boot CD support is BIOS-dependent AFAIK. Maybe on those machines BIOS
floppy emulation from CD is broken?
OTOH if you can boot, say, 2.2 but not 2.4, that's a counterproof
for my theory.

> I have 'invalid compressed format' errors, or even
> ye olde register dump when the image was damaged :(
>
>     Booting directly from the floppy works, but booting with that
> same image from a CD does not :(( I now I can use LILO, or better
> yet, Syslinux or isolinux, but I'm just curious why I cannot boot raw
> image-based CD's anymore.
--
vda

  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-06  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-29 13:21 Unable to boot a raw kernel image :?? DervishD
2002-12-03 11:29 ` Denis Vlasenko [this message]
2002-12-08 10:33   ` DervishD
2002-12-06 11:45 ` Edgar Toernig
2002-12-08 10:36   ` DervishD
2003-03-05 15:00   ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05 15:33     ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-03-05 15:47       ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05 15:58         ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-03-05 16:02           ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05 16:05             ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-03-06 10:16             ` Mikael Pettersson
2003-03-06 20:28               ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-09 10:31                 ` DervishD
2003-03-10 19:38                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-11  9:23                     ` DervishD
2003-03-05 16:12     ` DervishD
2003-03-05 16:33       ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 16:48         ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05 16:55           ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 17:01         ` DervishD
2003-03-05 18:04           ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 16:51       ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-05 17:04         ` DervishD
2003-03-05 17:51           ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-03-06  1:08         ` Alan Cox
2003-03-06  0:30           ` H. Peter Anvin

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