Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006171917450.713-100000@labyrinth.local>
By author: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> [ Sorry for the delay in posting this; I've been in the midst of
> rebuilding my home network, and didn't have a chance to run any
> kind of tests to ensure that the problem is still there. -esm ]
>
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Unless someone gives me a *CONCRETE* example on a machine which *STILL*
> > doesn't boot bzImage (and boots zImage), I don't believe this statement
> > anymore.
>
> I am typing this on just such a machine. This is preventing my upgrading
> to 2.4.x, since I can't get a kernel built which fits as a zImage
> supporting the hardware in the machine plus the features I need (yes,
> everything that can be is a module), so I'm VERY interested in getting
> this solved now (previously, it was really just an annoyance). When
> booting from LILO, I get the following message when specifying a bzImage
> kernel:
>
> Block move error 0x02
>
This sounds like a BIOS problem. Could you please try to boot using
SYSLINUX instead (SYSLINUX doesn't use the BIOS block move feature?)
Also, please try a stripped-down zImage, even if it isn't the feature
set you need... we're only interested in if the thing will boot.
I also need as many details about your machine as I can possibly get.
-hpa
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