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- From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Can't get 0.97pl3 to boot
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.081220.22423@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 08:12:20 GMT
- References: <715841111snx@temple.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- Lines: 23
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- In article <715841111snx@temple.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk> pdc@temple.demon.co.uk.demon.co.uk (Piers Cawley) writes:
- >
- >But: I just pulled the new 0.97pl3 sources down from nic.funet.fi, hacked
- >keyboard.c so that # and @ are in the right place and compiled. Thus far, no
- >problems. However, when I copied /usr/src/linux/Image to /etc, did the rdev
- >incantation over it and rebooted, I got the following message:
- [ deleted ]
-
- I'd be much happier if people using shoelace would try booting from a
- floppy (or using lilo) - right now I always suspect a problem with
- shoelace when I see these kinds of messages. Shoelace isn't supposed to
- be used any more: please get lilo instead.
-
- Shoelace has several problems:
- - it doesn't handle holes in the Image file gracefully
- - nobody seems to remember if there are any limits to the size shoelace
- can load.
- - shoelace cannot handle anything else but the minix fs.
-
- So please try booting from a floppy, and resubmit the problem-report if
- it still won't work.
-
- Linus
-