Hello Jim, It could be that the version of syslinux you use doesn't play nice with your bios. I did have a problem like this before with an old IBM PC. You could try some different syslinux versions.
Eric >I've been using a floppy based Bering uLibC for some time now and am >very impressed with it. To speed up booting I'd like to install it on a >CF card and have pretty much followed the instructions in the docs, but >can't get it to boot. > >The card is recognised by the bios and I've set the boot order to >floppy, then ide. I've downloaded the ide initrd.lrp and put it onto a >spare Leaf floppy. I can boot from this floppy and the CF card is >recognised and I can mount it on /mnt. The firewall runs fine from the >floppy. I've copied the files from the floppy to the cf and updated the >leaf.cfg and syslinux.cfg files to reflect the package paths, and run >syslinx.com (3.31) from a dos floppy to put the system on the cf. > >If I try to boot from the cf the system just hangs and doesn't get to >the 'SYSLINUX.......' line. I'd be grateful for any ideas, please! > >Jim Ford > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your >opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash >http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
