> Hi,
>
> I think I have seen both 04040404 and 01010101 error message when I tried
> to install LILO in my PCMCIA HDD. That was 1.5 years
> ago and I didn't investigate too much. I suggest you read LILO manual because
> these error code are documented.
Well, I did it. It says something like LILO can't find booter
where it expects it... right? And where does it expect it?
I didn't find answer to this question and finally gave up and have to
use loadlin and therefore to waste some space for DOS 8-(
>
> The LILO problem is gone when I installed LILO on 4MB internal RAM.
Can you describe how did you do it? Where exactly LILo installed on
your PC: /dev/hda or /dev/hda1? your lilo.conf??? (onegai shimasu)
> So my current configuration is:
> /dev/hda: LILO internal 4MB RAM
> /dev/hda1: DOS
> /dev/hdc: PCMCIA HDD
> /dev/hdc1: Linux swap
> /dev/hdc2: Linux root
>
> And no change in BIOS boot sequence.
... and what you mean by "no change" What's first and what's second etc.
>
> Anyway, I'm thinking about reinstalling. So I want to know whether it is
> possible to use internal RAM as swap partition.
>
I guess you really mean "flash disk" as swap partition. Yes it's
possible and I used it like that. But later I read somewhere that
flash disks have limited number of writes and it's not recommended to
use them for things which write often (i.e. swap) -- in time you can
just loose your internal disk.
So far I didn't find any better use for internal 4M flash then to have
DOS with games and loadlin on it. Is it possible to fit root partition
into 4M?
-- Dmytro Kovalev kov nospam at tokyo.email.ne.jp