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Re: redboot for x86 baced PC
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>
- To: harish dot vaidya at philips dot com
- Cc: eCos discussion <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 17:45:49 +0000
- Subject: Re: redboot for x86 baced PC
- References: <OF1C70C2B3.3D689F1D-ON65256CA9.0032A5B3-80256CA9.00523640@diamond.philips.com>
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harish.vaidya@philips.com wrote:
Hi list,
currently i am reading the Redboot user guide. I want to try redboot my PC. I have Redhat Linux 7.1 installed on my PC.
i tried the installation procedure as expained in user guide. but i failed to get Redboot command when i reboot.
can anybody help me out.
The steps i followed
1. formatted floppy disk using fdformat "/dev/fd0"
2.$ dd conv=sync if=install/bin/redboot.bin of=/dev/fd0H1440
i have downloaded the x86 redboot binaries from
http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/boards/redbootbins/x86pc/
What _do_ you see then. Does it try and boot? Do you see dots?
Jifl
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