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[Hal MacArgle <halinux AT kvinet.com>]

On 09-25, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> sindi keesan wrote:
> 
> > Hal has one computer with similar problems 
> 
> Really?  I thought his problem related to booting big Slackware
> bzimages (not the BasicLinux zimage).
> 

        I tried several bzImages, bare.i, lo memory, etc, plus one of
BL's zimages and got the dreaded "not an image file" report using the
Loadlin versions I have: 1.6, 1.6C and 1.5, over DRdos7.03 /or/
FreeDos /or/ MSDos6.2, not getting past the
"Loading................." report..

        Booting with a Win98FE 'startup' disk is OK, as suggested by
Sindi..

        In my case the problem, apparently, follows the motherboards
incompatibility with any of the Loadlin versions I tried.. Why
Win98FE startup boot disk works? Haven't a clue.. <grin>

        Trying the same routine on another similar machine - all
normal...

    Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0   (2.4.20-1)
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