On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 03:07:39PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to boot from zip disk and also mount it as a root. I have one > > diskete partitioned and with Debian Potato installed on it. In my > > workstation I am able to boot from it but not in PowerEdge350 router. > > > > The zip drive is connected on second IDE controller as a master. (/dev/hdc) > > zip diskette is formated with partition table and one partition /dev/hdc1. > > The router doesn't have floppy drive and also the diskette controller is > > disabled in BIOS. > > Try using the "bios=" option in /etc/lilo.conf. If you install a lilo boot > block on /dev/hda then "bios=0x80" will be the default. If you are to > install on a hard drive that the BIOS thinks is the first master IDE disk but > which LILO considers to not be the first disk then "bios=0x80" will rectify > the problem. > For your situation I don't know what value to use, try starting as 0x80 and > going up sequentially and see what happens.
When I try use bios=0x80 or 0x81 and have the /dev/hda disabled/enabled in bios then LILO ends with L 01 01 01 01 unly combination 0x80 with /dev/hda enabled ends with LI and machine begins beeping. As I know, the ZIP is during boot process bios device 0 (floppy). As I wrote in previous mail, ZIP250 is as /dev/hdc and there is also /dev/hda in the computer there. > Also note that there is no one setting for "bios=" that will boot both > machines. So if you want to be able to boot both machines from the same ZIP I know that, I doesn't need boot with one zip both computers. I just want to create boot zip for that router. > Alternatively you could use Grub, it may work better than LILO for your > situation. Can Grub boot from ZIP drive? -- Radek Hnilica <Radek at Hnilica dot CZ> =========================== No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. Turkish proverb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]