Re: Re2: LOADLIN and 2.4 kernels

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
8 Sep 2001 13:02:05 -0700

Followup to: <51.10cc64a8.28cb50f8@aol.com>
By author: Floydsmith@aol.com
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Yes, indeed, not loading himem does solve the problem I had. But, do to the
> fact that I need extented memory (for a DOS ramdisk) and for some TSR(s)
> (like smartdrv) for a LS-120 boot disk I use as both a Linux and DOS "rescue"
> disk, I need "himem".
>

Someone reported to me that LOADLIN consistently fails to load kernels
> 1 MB both with and without A20 changes; probably it tries to use the
old "sector count" field in the kernel. This would explain what we
have observed, and so I consider this matter closed as far as I'm
concerned. LOADLIN needs to be updated to continue to be useful, and
I don't know if Hans is still around, even.

-hpa

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