From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266714AbUBGK0T (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 05:26:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266721AbUBGK0T (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 05:26:19 -0500 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:19099 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266714AbUBGK0M (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 05:26:12 -0500 X-Authenticated: #18225946 Message-ID: <001701c3ed64$dd8f1480$0100a8c0@lone> From: "Peter Gruber" To: Subject: installation issue Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:26:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello there, I seem to have a kernel installation problem. When I try to boot ANY kind of linux boot disk, after starting syslinux, the system halts with the error message "wrong loader, giving up". I already discussed the problem with Peter Anvin, developer of syslinux, and he thinks I should address you with the problem. I hope you will be able to help me... Peter Here's what I wrote to him: hello there, my problem is as follows: i tried to install debian on my old system. downloaded the boot disks and let them boot. i followed the installation instructions! this is the produced error message: =============================== boot: Loading linux.bin ................ ready. Wrong loader: giving up. =============================== after having tried different floppies, even different floppy drives, using different memory and other things... i figured out it is a syslinux problem. i also tried to install suse - same error message. i ran a few google searches, but didnt find any help anywhere. i hope you can help me with my problem! looking forward to hearing from you guys... Peter more information about the computer here: BIOS ID : 2A5IIG0BC-00 BIOS TYPE : Award Software Inc. BIOS DATE : 09/08/97 CHIPSET ID : SiS-5582-W877 OEM INFO : AUTO DETECT INTEL(R) SERIES CPU START Ver.1.5 64MB EDO RAM (2x 32MB) AMD K6 200 MHz Family 5 Model 6 Step 2 L1 CPU Cache 64K L2 M/B Cache 32K HD: 406,55 MB Cyls/Hd/Spt 826/16/63 Video: Ati Rage 3d II + =================================== Hello Mr. Anvin! Thanks for the quick response! I have the feeling that there's some misunderstanding here. Please take a breath and read this... This is a directory list of what's on my debian rescue disk: 15.05.2002 22:16 3.952 CONFIG.GZ 15.05.2002 22:16 1.139 DEBIAN.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 804 F1.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 763 F10.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 752 F2.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.071 F3.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.209 F4.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.214 F5.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.337 F6.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 899 F7.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.348 F8.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.269 F9.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 1.520 INSTALL.SH 15.05.2002 22:16 7.060 LDLINUX.SYS 15.05.2002 22:16 1.005.181 LINUX.BIN 15.05.2002 22:16 650 RDEV.SH 15.05.2002 22:16 902 README.TXT 15.05.2002 22:16 81.847 SYS_MAP.GZ 15.05.2002 22:16 1.402 SYSLINUX.CFG 15.05.2002 22:16 7 TYPE.TXT 21 Datei(en) 1.114.431 Bytes 0 Verzeichnis(se), 327.168 Bytes frei As you can read here, the linux kernel is named "LINUX.BIN". This disk was generated by rawwrite2 from the image ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/im ages-1.44/rescue.bin As already said, this disk comes from debian, works for thousands of people! There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it! If you read the installation manual, it says: 1. Download the necessary files 2. Rawwrite them to a formatted disk 3. Boot the disk and wait for further instructions When I insert the disk into my workstation computer (Duron 900, 512MB RAM etc) it boots nicely and fast - the way it apparently should be! When I insert it into my old AMD K6 200 it boots until the boot prompt, where you can enter some boot arguments I guess: boot: <-- Here I press "enter" Loading linux.bin ................ ready. <-- Apparently, linux.bin is loading! Wrong loader: giving up. <-- What the heck? Help me with this one!!! First I thought it might be a floppy disk error, so I exchanged the floppy drive and tried other floppies. That was not the reason for not working! So I exchanged the memory of the computer. No difference. I took out all ISA and PCI cards not needed for booting. No difference. I took out the hard disk. No difference. I tried booting from a DOS bootdisk. Yes, that works! I tried installing SuSe - but the same error occurs as with Debian! So I downloaded SYSLINUX from your website, formatted a floppy disk, copied the linux kernel from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/3.0.23-2002-05-21/li nux.bin onto this disk and did a syslinux a: Works fine, so I boot the computer from this disk: Same error message! So I guess two things: 1. SYSLINUX is the reason for the error message (as there is nothing else on the disk!) 2. You are the only person who seems to be able to help me, as you coded the error message and know what the problem is! Yes, I read the link you gave me. But I cannot see why you think this is my problem! As already mentioned, I download a complete rescue/boot disk image, I guess it is intended to be written to a disk and then booted, not to be changed in any way unless said! If you read my error message boot: Loading linux.bin ................ ready. Wrong loader: giving up. then you will see that it apparently is not the problem. linux.bin is loading, so it is not named incorrectly! I hope I made myself clear this time and I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Peter Gruber ----- Original Message ----- From: "H. Peter Anvin" To: "Peter Gruber" Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [syslinux] problems with syslinux > Peter Gruber wrote: > > hello there, > > > > my problem is as follows: > > > > > > i tried to install debian on my old system. downloaded the boot disks and > > let them boot. > > i followed the installation instructions! > > this is the produced error message: > > > > =============================== > > boot: > > Loading linux.bin ................ ready. > > Wrong loader: giving up. > > =============================== > > > > Please see: http://syslinux.zytor.com/errors.php > > -hpa > > _______________________________________________ > SYSLINUX mailing list > Submissions to SYSLINUX@zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux > Please do not send private replies to mailing list traffic. > ================================== Thanks for helping! So who will I have to address my problem to? The kernel dev team? I also tried a syslinux -s, no difference...