linuxbios (fwd)

[Ronald G. Minnich]

any hints?

zengqi, please send these messages to this list. I don't have time right 
now to help you. Sorry!

ron

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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 01:29:32 +0800
From: 
To: Ronald G. Minnich 
Subject: linuxbios

Dear Mr Ronald G

Now I have two issues about Linux-BIOS booting IDE ,I hope you can help me!

1)I hope my computer  boot from Linux-BIOS and load kernel from IDE harddisk,
not from DOC.SO I add "BOOT_IDE=1" into m758lmr+.config  ,but when I use the command as follow:
   linuxbios.init m758lmr+.config 
,linux.bin.gz, linuxbios.strip and docipl can not be created.(Before I add BOOT_IDE , the command was
worked well),why?

2)In linux ,After I insert two modules the DOC2000 and Docprobe (doc_config_location=0xfffc8000 )and use
 command "flash_on",I can recognize DOC . The problem is that I can not recognize DOC in DOS.(I would like
  to use tooling such as DINFO or DFORMAT to serch DOC,but failed),why?

the hardware : a. pcchips m758lmr+
                            b. two bios :linuxbios and normal bios 
  the kernel of linux is 2.4.19

regards

Zengqi

[steven james]

Greetings,

Not sure about first question, but I suspect that DOS can't see the DOC
because of overwriting the M-SYS boot block.

The Doc normally loads a BIOS extender from block 0 on power up which the
BIOS runs. The extender hooks int 13 so that DOS will see it as a drive.

If block 0 is overwritten, that will fail.

G'day,
sjames

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> any hints?
>
> zengqi, please send these messages to this list. I don't have time right 
> now to help you. Sorry!
>
> ron
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 01:29:32 +0800
> From: 
> To: Ronald G. Minnich 
> Subject: linuxbios
>
> Dear Mr Ronald G
>
> Now I have two issues about Linux-BIOS booting IDE ,I hope you can help me!
>
> 1)I hope my computer  boot from Linux-BIOS and load kernel from IDE harddisk,
> not from DOC.SO I add "BOOT_IDE=1" into m758lmr+.config  ,but when I use the command as follow:
>    linuxbios.init m758lmr+.config 
> ,linux.bin.gz, linuxbios.strip and docipl can not be created.(Before I add BOOT_IDE , the command was
> worked well),why?
>
> 2)In linux ,After I insert two modules the DOC2000 and Docprobe (doc_config_location=0xfffc8000 )and use
>  command "flash_on",I can recognize DOC . The problem is that I can not recognize DOC in DOS.(I would like
>   to use tooling such as DINFO or DFORMAT to serch DOC,but failed),why?
>
> the hardware : a. pcchips m758lmr+
>                             b. two bios :linuxbios and normal bios 
>   the kernel of linux is 2.4.19
>
> regards
>
> Zengqi
>
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