Re: "Q" to Dual Boot and nothing happens

when i tried bootldr 2.18.44 it didn't work for me
then i downgraded the bootldr to 2.18.16 and it is working now.

regards
erez

José Luis Landabaso Díaz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I bought a CF to PC CARD adapter and followed the "BootingLinuxFromCF"
> "Experiences with Dual Booting PPC2002 and Linux" from the wiki.
>
> I think I didn't make any "obvious" error (I've been in Linux for about 5
> years...)
> I created 2 partitions. One FAT16 (actually I also tested VFAT) with a boot
> directory with the (unzipped) initrd, params and zImage and another ext3
> partition with the untared (with -p option) familiar fs...
>
> I toke this way to try linux because I don't own a serial cable.
>
> The bootloader is 2.18.42.
>
> The problem is that when I run the bootloader and press "Q", nothing happens.
> I see a graphical bootloader and close to the "Q" button I can read "Boot
> VFAT HDD/CF"
>
> Is it a problem with the bootloader?
> Any idea?
>
> The CF is a 256 MB Kingston.
>
> Partition 1 (hde1) is a 8MB vfat (also tested fat16) and 2 (hde2) is ext3
> filling the rest of the card.
>
> Thanks guys!
>
> JL
>
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