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From: ikhala@netcom.com (I'Khala)
Subject: Re: Creating boot disks
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:37:23 GMT
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rv18973@nyssa.swt.edu (Ranjani Vaidyanathan) wrote:


>Hi everybody,
>I have been to trying to create minix boot disks. I used the installboot 
>commands (3 of then) and created a boot floppy. When I try to boot from the
>floppy, it would print the banner "cs	ds	text ..." for the kernel, mm
>fs and init and then it just HANGGGGG!!. I have no idea why it is doing this.

>I tried creating boot disks from the tools directory using the "make fdboot"
>command too and the same result. 

>Is there anyother way of creating boot floppies?
yes there is ... ;-)

>I have made some changes to the kernel and would like to see the effect of
>the changes but I donot know where I am going to wrong!!!
this could be the source of your problems  (pun intended ... ;-))

>If anybody has any info PLEASE let me know. I am kinda getting desperate!!!

>Thanks,
>Ranjani.

try backing out your changes to the kernel ... 
i.e.
1.  go back to the last kernel that booted correctly
2.  apply one (1) of your kernel patches ...
3. build a new kernel ...
4. reboot with new kernel ...
5. if system boots cleanly repeat steps 2 - 4, else problem points to

    last kernel patch ...

you may consider this a brute force method of debugging your system,
but it can work until you develop something more asthetically pleasing
... ;-)



