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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:22:29 +0200
To: Floydsmith@aol.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Subject: Re2: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels 
Cc: Floydsmith@aol.com
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At 02:06 PM 10/20/2002 -0400, Floydsmith@aol.com wrote:
>Subj: Re: loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
>Date: 10/20/2002 1:43:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>gmx.de
>vger.kernel.org
>aol.com
>Sent from the Internet (Details)
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>
>aol.com wrote:
> >In a message dated 10/20/2002 9:03:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>gmx.de writes:
> >
> >
> >>Subj:loadlin with 2.5.?? kernels
> >>Date:10/20/2002 9:03:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>gmx.de
>vger.kernel.org
> >>Sent from the Internet
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Greetings,
> >>
> >>I hadn't had time to build/test kernels since 2.5.8-pre3.  I now find that
> >>loadlin doesn't work on my box any more.  Is this a known problem?  If so,
> >>when did it quit working?  (loadlin obsolete?  other?)
> >>
> >>At the moment, the only way I have to boot is via floppy.
> >
> >
> >loadlin will not work with any kernel that is 1024k or greater in size.
> >There is a replacement named "linld" at:
> >http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/index.html
> >which help you.
>
>Yeah, that's always been a pain, but that's not what I'm hitting (violent
>reboot).  I'll give linld (thanks!) a shot, but mostly, I want my dearly
>beloved loadlin back ;-)
>
>Reply:
>Yes I have seen that one to (but only with certain large kernels and when 
>certain large initrd images are used).
>The only solution I have found (so far) is to reduce the size of the 
>initrd - again, a pain.
>If linld works for you, please reply; this would be usefull info.

What was the last version that booted for you no problem?  (other than size)

         -Mike

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