Re: Bug#31618: Frozen boot floppies don't work on Tosh laptop.
On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 04:26:07PM +0000, Tim Morley wrote:
>
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.1.4-1998-12-29 (AKA Current)
> Severity: grave
>
> README-tecra says:
> > Tecras and other notebooks, and some PCs have a problem where they
> > fail to flush the cache when switching on the a20 gate (IIRC), which
> > is provoked by bzImage kernels, but not by zimage kernels.
> >
> > As kernel-image-2.0.36 (the one used on this boot-floppies) is a zimage
> > kernel, there's no need for a separate rescue floppy, the normal one will
> > work.
>
> However on my Toshiba 490XCDT the main image doesn't work. It just
> resets the system about where it should be starting the kernel. the
> resc1440tecra.bin from the previos set (2.1.3-1998-12-18) works
> fine. Looks like we have been a bit optimistic about new boot images
> working 8-(
Oh, well, I somehow was expecting that... (I hate laptops. A lot. Please
someone donate me one for development). ;-)
It looks like we still need "tecra" kernel (Herbert?) and floppies.
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
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