Rob I think someone else already mentioned it, but the latest version of syslinux I can get to work on my system (64MB compactflash on a 33MHz 486 / 16MB RAM) is 1.48. If I use anything after then, I get the "Unable to lock drive for exclusive access" message as well. I always assumed that it was to do with the age of my BIOS.
The other thing that happened to me was I used linux fdisk to create two partitions and forgot to make one active. I also used fdisk /mbr from a dos boot disk to clear the master boot record before using lock c: syslinux -s c: The box I was using had been running smoothwall prior to this. Also, there's two references to hda1 in syslinux.cfg on the same line, right? boot=/dev/hda1:msdos PKGPATH=/dev/hda1. Just checking - I suspect you've done both. Darren On Tuesday 02 Jul 2002 3:37 pm, Rob Fegley wrote: > Yes, I forgot to mention that I did this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Manfred Schuler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 11:39 PM > To: Rob Fegley > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Futile attempts to boot from CF-IDE > > > Did you change the boot=/dev/fd0u1680:msdos in syslinux.cfg > to boot=/dev/hda1:msdos ? > > Manfred > > Rob Fegley schrieb: > > Due to a link I saw on the LEAF site at SF to PC Engines, I am using one > > of the CF-IDE adapters with a 128 MB CF. I have verified that I can > > FDISK, FORMAT, and boot from it under WIN 98 (DOS). > > > > However, now that I want to use it as the boot medium for my LEAF router, > > it seems to be determined to keep me from doing so. > > > > I am running the Bering-1.0-RC3-1680 image. I have the box running > > successfully off of only a floppy. > > > > I have tried to do the whole trick under WIN 98 command-line to do a > > FDISK /MBR, FDISK, FORMAT C:, LOCK C:, SYSLINUX -S C:. Additionally, I > > am trying to use the newest Syslinux, ver 1.75. I have tried using and > > not using LOCK, changing the order of most of the preceding 5 tasks, and > > running Syslinux with and without the "-s" directive. > > > > However, in every iteration, I kept getting the message "ERROR 440D: > > Unable to lock drive for exclusive access" when trying to apply Syslinux > > (1.75). > > > > So, I tried going to www.bootdisk.com and downloading a DOS 6.22 image, > > along with Syslinux v1.67, to some better degree of success. > > > > I am able to do a "mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt" and read/write/execute > > any files on the CF, but just not able to boot from it. Now, that I've > > used MSDOS 6.22 and Syslinux v1.67, I receive the following messages > > during boot: > > > > /* Begin Boot Message > > LINUXRC: Bering - Initrd - V1.0-rc3 > > Using /boot/lib/modules/ide-mod.o > > Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with > > idebus=xx PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 > > PIIX4: chipset revision 1 > > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > > Using /boot/lib/modules/ide-disk.o > > Using /boot/lib/modules/ide-probe-mod.o > > hda: Hitachi CVM2.1.0, ATA DISK drive > > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > > Mounting a 16M TMPFS filesystem... > > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:2c (floppy), sector 2 > > MINIX-fs: unable to read superblock > > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 > > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 > > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 > > hda: 250368 sectors (128 MB) w/1KiB Cache, CHS=978/8/32 > > Partition check: > > hda: hda1 > > hda: hda1 > > hda: hda1 > > FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487 > > VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:00. > > hda: hda1 > > hda: hda1 > > VFS: Can't find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device 03:00. > > hda: hda1 > > hda: hda1 > > FAT: bogus logical sector size 20487 > > VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:00. > > hda: hda1 > > hda: hda1 > > > > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:2c (floppy), sector 2 > > MINIX-fs: unable to read superblock > > LINUXRC: Installing - root: root(nf!) etc: etc(nf!) local: > > local(nf!) modules: modules(nf!) shorwall: shorwall(nf!) weblet: > > weblet(nf!) - Finished. > > cat: /var/lib/lrpkg/root.pn.links: No such file or directory > > cat: /var/lib/lrpkg/rKernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > > oot.log.links: No such file or d irectory > > .: Can't open /var/lib/lrpkg/root.dev.own > > End Boot Message */ > > > > Basically, what I get is that it loads the three IDE-*.O modules from the > > initrd.lrp under /boot/lib/modules, that I put there. It recognizes the > > CF as an IDE device, then everything goes to pot from there. However, > > having modified my boot floppy to see it's LRP path as /dev/hda1, I am > > able to successfully boot from floppy into INITRD, then load all LRPs > > from CF into a 16 MB Ram disk, but this is not complete in my mind. > > > > I'm at a total loss except I've thought of re-running Syslinux but with > > v1.75 on my DOS 6.22 boot disk. I've also thought that the Bering 1.0RC3 > > kernel may not have IDE enabled, but I would think that by loading those > > modules at runtime, I've taken care of that. > > > > Any thoughts or assistance will be greatly appreciated! > > > > Take Care! > > > > Rob Fegley > > TGI Micro > > http://www.tgimicro.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
