From: sgentile@sbgpx7.mro4.enet.dec.com (Sam Gentile) Subject: Re: Yggdrasil cdrom problem booting Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 16:56:42 GMT
In article <265@gblinux.demon.co.uk>, gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult) says:
>
>On 2 Oct 1993 16:53:16 GMT;
>----Frederick J. Goodrum (frgoodrum@delphi.com) said:
>>
>>I purchased Yggdrasil CDROM and am trying to install linux in the
>>cd_dependent mode (my hard drive is to small for the other versions)
>>I Cannot boot from the hard drive however as the kernel (sic?) cannot find
>>my CDROM.
>
>Which version of the CD?
>There are 2 usual causes;
>1) You do not have your CD on the correct hardware settings.
> you need base address 300 and IRQ 5 by default.
>2) Newer drives have nasty firmware that breaks the driver.
> If you only have boot floppy rev B, you need rev C.
>
>>According to the online doc I have to recompile linux setting the ISO-9660
>>flag. The is great if I can fit the sources on my pc. but according to the
>>doc that ain't gonna happen. This sounds like a chicken and egg problem.
>>question: Is there a minimal group of source files I can copy to my hard
>>drive to perform the recompile?
>>Should I request an updated CDROM (I thought the floppies and the CD
>>would be in sync)?
>>Thanks in advance
>
>The ISO9660 filesystem is compiled into the yggdrasil kernel when you get
>it.. otherwise you could never load the thing could you?
>
>:)
>
>Gareth.
This is probably all with the old CD-ROM, which fully said BETA on it. The
release 1 CD is now available and includes a 99.13 kernel and lots of
great stuff. I have one on order. By the way, I find the Yddrasil distribution
the only one that works on my work machine and I find it very easy
to set up.
Sam