RE: Problems dual-booting and soft-reset

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Tryba [mailto:bootldr.handhelds.org_at_canopus.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:13 PM
> To: familiar_at_handhelds.org; bootldr_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [Bootldr] Problems dual-booting and soft-reset
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:16:41PM -0500, Hicks, Jamey wrote:
> > Erik,
> >
> > A 32MB FAT filesystem will be FAT12, which I have not
> implemented yet.
> > I know the partition type is FAT16, but that does not seem to mean
> > anything.
>
> I was just testing the the minimum patition size mkdosfs will create a
> FAT-16 fs on and according to my findings it 8Mb.

I stand corrected. This is good new. Seems like FAT12 not a requirement.

> BTW even when I force a FAT 16 on a smaller partition bootldr will not
> load the kernel/initrd :(
>

Let's try the steps manually and see how far it gets:
        sleeve insert
        pcmcia insert

That should do an ide attach.
        ide identify
should print drive parameters
        ide ptable
should print partition table.

btw, the IDE and vfat commands are now documented in http://www.handhelds.org/handhelds-faq/bootldr.html

Jamey
 
Received on Wed Mar 13 2002 - 23:17:41 EST