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["Sheldon Isaac" <SheldonIsaac AT MyRealBox.com>]

On 22 Nov 2005 at 8:19, David Moberg wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005, Sheldon Isaac wrote:
> > When I said to use loop it gave a kernel panic and said something about
> > ext2-fs and flashed the keybord lights of caps lock and scroll lock. I had
> > to do hardware reset.
> 
> This is definitely a bug. Sorry about that. I will try to fix it soon.

David,

I am not sure. Maybe it was something weird here, rather than a bug in one 
of your files.

In the interim, I had done a "frugal" install of Damn Small Linux ver 1.5.
That does something like this:  copies the live CD to a linux partition on 
a hard drive, but also makes a boot directory there with directories and 
files related to booting.
The first time I did it, the install script(?) offered a choice of LILO or 
GRUB - I picked LILO. After rebooting, it started  Damn Small Linux  fine, 
but I couldn't see how to start MS-Windows.
So then I found a DOS/Windows boot floppy, and did   fdisk /mbr.
Then I could boot Windows as usual.
And then re-did the frugal" install of Damn Small Linux , this time 
choosing GRUB.
It still messed with the MBR on the first hard drive, but the menu it shows 
lets me choose DSL or Windows/DOS.

Anyhow, I wondered whether my system is to blame for the 

loadlin usb2.gz root=/dev/loop0 initrd=initrd.gz rw

 not working?

Or did I mess up, and should I re-download the kernel and the initrd?

Thanks,
Sheldon