I Can't boot Linux through my CF!

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SAber Khamooshi Contact options for registered users 's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
February 14, 2005, 11:31 am
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Hi all
I want to create my own embedded Linux.
I want to use CF to boot.
when I mount my CF in other Linux , linux determines it as "sda1"
but when I copy necessary files on it and run lilo and make it bootable I
can't boot thorogh it!
(before lilo starts to work , Bios says that "Boot failed" , or Please put
bootable disk blah blah...)
I test this CF on several mainbaords and I got the same result
I don't know what is wrong





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Michael Schnell Contact options for registered users 's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
February 14, 2005, 12:13 pm
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Re: I Can't boot Linux through my CF!
Are you sure that the BIOS can boot from this CF slot ?

Maybe the CF is considered as a removable disk and not as a standard ISA
   drive and thus the BIOS does not boot it. (The hardware of a CF card
can be accessed in either way. ISA compatible mode or CF mode).

I suppose you did write a boot record on the appropriate partition ?

-Michael

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TCS Contact options for registered users 's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
February 14, 2005, 8:57 pm
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Re: I Can't boot Linux through my CF!
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either the mainboard has to have support to boot off CF, or you need
an interface that emulates an IDE drive.

linnix Contact options for registered users 's Avatar (by Gravatar) posted on
February 14, 2005, 11:19 pm
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Re: I Can't boot Linux through my CF!

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Are you using a USB adapter?  You might want to switch to an IDE
adapter.
See http://cfd.linnix.com

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bootable I
Please put

Almost all PC can boot from CF in IDE mode.


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