thanx: Re: booting problem ?

[manu]

thanx for ur reply.
if u dont mind u want little more information about the problem.
wht do u mean by legacy floppy drive. if kernel can boot in that why not 
on IDE floppy drive. i think booting process is done by bios program, i 
dont think it depends up on kernel.why i cannot install & boot kernel 
from the compact flash in newer kernels.can u pls give some information 
about this.
-manu



H. Peter Anvin wrote:
The builtin boot sector can only be used to boot from legacy floppy
drives, not even USB or IDE floppy drives. It's use is deprecated
(and removed in 2.6.)
Use a bootloader.
-hpa


> Followup to:  <4086424B.9070206@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> By author:    manu <manu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>  
>
> > hi all  iam new to this list.
> > i am trying to install the linux without bootloader.
> > i used dd  to write kernel image to /dev/hdc.
> > but when i try to boot from it. it is saying
> >
> > Loading.
> > 4000
> > AX:0208
> > BX:0200
> > CX:0002
> > DX:0000
> > 4000
> > iam using  2.4.22 kernel.
> >
> > can anybody tell me whts the problem. when i tried same with /dev/fd0 (floppy) it  is booting fine.but i dont know
> > whts the prolem with the compact flash,any ideas.
> >
> >    
>
>  


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