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RE: geometry output / floppy chainloading from El Torrito


From: Treutwein Bernhard
Subject: RE: geometry output / floppy chainloading from El Torrito
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:40:30 +0100

Salut Thierry,

thanks for:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 9:47 PM
[...]
> > boots again (correctly ?) the boot record from the El Torrito
> > floppy image.
> 
> (fd0) is indeed the floppy image on the El Torito CD.
> 
> The problem I think with (fd1) ("real (fd0)") is that you 
> have an "old" version of GRUB specifying the booting device 
> as (fd0). Then the stage1 on (fd1) calls a stage2 on (fd0) 
> that is on the floppy El Torito image. Hence this fails. If 
> you upgrade your stage1 on the floppy (not specifying explicitely
> the booting device) this should work.
> 

hmm, that may be, on the CDROM is a 0.5.96.1 and on the floppy
is a fresh 0.93 from the cvs last week.

But - please correct me if I it should be different - if I boot 
from floppy I see only the (fd0) logical and physical floppy. 

I have to update the El Torrito CD.

--
        Bernhard Treutwein, IuK, Ref. III A 3
        address@hidden




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