Re: "Q" to Dual Boot and nothing happens

Hi,
 2.18.16 doen't work either for me...
I read that 2.18.33 should work, but it's not in the web...
Was it buggy?

JL

On Sunday 12 May 2002 08:32 am, Erez Doron wrote:
> 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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Received on Sun May 12 2002 - 10:08:57 EDT