Is the linux bootsector able to boot from an HDD?

• Next message: Thomas Dietz: "3c59x.c/kernel 2.3.99pre8 driver prob with 3C905B NIC"
• Previous message: Balbir Singh: "Filesystem Performance and buffer cache"
• Next in thread: H. Peter Anvin: "Re: Is the linux bootsector able to boot from an HDD?"
• Reply: H. Peter Anvin: "Re: Is the linux bootsector able to boot from an HDD?"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

    Hello everybody :))

    I want to boot linux in an special way: a common MBR (the one
shipped with debian, very simple) booting a primary partition.

    This partition is unformatted and the kernel is dumped on it
through 'dd if=vmlinuz of=/dev/hda1'. If I do the same on a floppy
the kernel boots OK, but in the HDD it only prints '8000' in an
endless loop.

    I've taken a look to 'arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S', and it seems
that the linux bootsector is only able to boot from a floppy (I've
seen something about assuming the setup code resides on head=0,
track=0, etc...). Is this true or am I doing something wrong?

    Thank you for your attention :)

    Raúl

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

• Next message: Thomas Dietz: "3c59x.c/kernel 2.3.99pre8 driver prob with 3C905B NIC"
• Previous message: Balbir Singh: "Filesystem Performance and buffer cache"
• Next in thread: H. Peter Anvin: "Re: Is the linux bootsector able to boot from an HDD?"
• Reply: H. Peter Anvin: "Re: Is the linux bootsector able to boot from an HDD?"
• Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue May 23 2000 - 21:00:12 EST