Re: [ECOS] PC redboot doesn't work for me - 2.0b1

["Larry Harmon" <harmon at hrdcorp dot com>]

Nick,
    I tried using a different floppy and this solved the problem.

    Thanks!

    I did try to figure this problem out before posting, but I couldn't find
any info.  Did I miss it somewhere?

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Garnett" <nickg at ecoscentric dot com>
To: "Larry Harmon" <harmon at hrdcorp dot com>
Cc: "eCos discussion" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOS] PC redboot doesn't work for me - 2.0b1


> "Larry Harmon" <harmon at hrdcorp dot com> writes:
>
> > I am unable to make redboot work from the 2.0b1 release.  I am building
the
> > PC redboot, from the template and importing the redboot_FLOPPY.ecm.  I
have
> > a standard motherboard with an Intel etherfast card.  A 2.0a release
> > works!
> >
> > When I to boot the floppy I see on the target pc screen:
> >
> > .......BA2!
> >
> >
> > Has anyone else been able to run this redboot?
> >
>
> I just built it here and had no problem at all.
>
> The BA2! indicates that there is an error while reading a sector from
> the floppy disk. The BA is the error code from the BIOS encoded A=0,
> B=1 etc. So this is error 0x10.
>
> I don't have any documentation here for BIOS error codes, so I cannot
> help interpret this. However, most errors at this stage are a result
> of a corrupt floppy disk -- a damaged sector or a loss of formatting
> info. Two things you can try: do a low-level format of the disk, or
> just try a different one.
>
> --
> Nick Garnett                    eCos Kernel Architect
> http://www.ecoscentric.com/     The eCos and RedBoot experts
>
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