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Re my framebuffer-capable BL3.50 2-floppy seteup.

> > When I try to boot I get Error: 0x09, which I cannot find in the archives.
>
> Lilo manual says
>
> 0x09   "DMA attempt across 64K boundary".  This shouldn't happen.  Try
> omitting the COMPACT option.
>
> This is supposed to optimize loading by the map installer.
>
> Does BL3.50 lilo.conf use COMPACT option?
>
> COMPACT option can cause other problems such as BIOS error and geometry
> mismatch.  Do not use LINEAR and COMPACT together, to avoid problems.
>
>
> Sindi

The lilo.conf on the disk itself appears to be one used to install to hard 
drive.

image=/boot/zimage
label=BL3
root=CURRENT
read-write

Steven, please provide (again) the one used to install BL3 to floppy disk.
I cannot find it in the archives.  And remind me how to run it.

Sindi