Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:00:13 +0200 (SAST) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: gmarco@giovannelli.it (Gianmarco Giovannelli) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing Linux (and bootblocks) Message-ID: <199907191300.PAA20389@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <37931080.C5917A44@giovannelli.it> from Gianmarco Giovannelli at "Jul 19, 1999 01:48:16 pm"
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> Why bootblock won't boot any Linux installation except Debian ? > The data for partition 3 is: > sysid 131,(Linux filesystem) > start 16370235, size 3389715 (1655 Meg), flag 0 > beg: cyl 1019/ sector 1/ head 0; > end: cyl 1023/ sector 63/ head 254 > So there are 4 primary partitions, but the boot block which boot0cfg -B > wd0 installs is not able to boot linux other than debian 2.1. > Every installation use the same partitions (the last 2) but only Debian > seems to be able to reboot and restart... > Is it possible that it is something related to the HD cyls where the > Linux kernel finish during installation ?? Debian is the one that > install less thing at the begin... This is quite likely to be the case. When I last looked at the Linux boot code, it used the standard BIOS int 0x13 interface. Therefore, everything that the boot code needs to access must be below cylinder 1024. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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