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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:
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> > 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
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