From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:36:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:36:46 -0500 Received: from web11904.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.172.188]:44808 "HELO web11904.mail.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:36:28 -0500 Message-ID: <20010108023627.9279.qmail@web11904.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 18:36:27 -0800 (PST) From: Barry Wu Subject: How to boot linux kernel from floppy To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, all, I am new to this maillist. I want to boot my system from a single floppy. If I use 1.44MB, the space is too small. So I format my floppy to 1.6MB. I do the following things, #fdformat /dev/fd0H1600 #cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage /dev/fd0 #rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0 #rdev -r /dev/fd0 49552 When I boot from floppy, the console print: Loading........... But then not print other things, then system reboot again. I read arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S file and find no support for 1.6MB floppy. How can I support this floppy in kernel? If someone knows, please help me. Thanks in advance! Qingbo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/