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Package: syslinux
Version: 1.66-1
Severity: wishlist
There is a hot problem with Linux if you have to change anything
boot-essential when using hardware provided by BIOS emulation. For
example, USB devices and initrd. You have to replace the disk and press
enter, but when Linux started, many USB keyboard (used via BIOS' legacy
emulation) stop working. Same for modern sub-notebooks with USB floppy drives.
You cannot replace the floppy. The current solution for this malheur is
hacking the kernel to read initrd from the USB driver rather than from
/dev/fd0.
All this could be much easier when the initrd could be preloaded while
the legacy emulation still works. Herbert Xu provided a patch to make
this possible, see below. A testing version of syslinux is on
http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/debian/.
--- ldlinux.asm.orig Sat Dec 29 17:02:09 2001
+++ ldlinux.asm Sat Dec 29 17:02:24 2001
@@ -1988,6 +1988,7 @@
;
test byte [initrd_flag],1
jz nk_noinitrd
+ mov cx,2
push es ; ES->real_mode_seg
push ds
pop es ; We need ES==DS
@@ -1996,6 +1997,7 @@
call unmangle_name ; Create human-readable name
sub di,InitRDCName
mov [InitRDCNameLen],di
+find_initrd:
mov di,InitRD
call searchdir ; Look for it in directory
pop es
@@ -2023,6 +2025,16 @@
jmp short initrd_end
initrd_notthere:
+ dec cx
+ jz initrd_notthere2
+ mov si,chdsk_msg
+ call cwritestr
+ call getchar
+ push es
+ push ds
+ pop es
+ jmp find_initrd
+initrd_notthere2:
mov si,err_noinitrd
call cwritestr
mov si,InitRDCName
@@ -4203,6 +4215,8 @@
err_bootsec db 'Invalid or corrupt boot sector image.', CR, LF, 0
err_a20 db CR, LF, 'A20 gate not responding!', CR, LF, 0
err_bootfailed db CR, LF, 'Boot failed: please change disks and press '
+ db 'a key to continue.', CR, LF, 0
+chdsk_msg db CR, LF, 'Please insert the next disk and press '
db 'a key to continue.', CR, LF, 0
ready_msg db ' ready.', CR, LF, 0
loading_msg db 'Loading ', 0
Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zombie 2.4.18 #1 Don Mär 28 13:46:53 CET 2002 i686
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Versions of packages syslinux depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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Hi,
the problem that this patch was created to solve, doesn't exist anymore
with todays initramfs, thus closing.
Regards,
Daniel
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