low "Low" dos memory error

Adi Linden [email protected]
Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:44:59 -0500 (CDT)


Hi Tim,

There is defenitely a need for documentation. A FAQ would be a great
start!

TTYL,
Adi

On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Tim Westbrook wrote:

> Well, 
>    I was able to get minimal to load after replacing
> every execution of lilo in pwl_target_load with
> doc-lilo ( from Msys driver ). The doc configuration
> took place with no problem , I even saw the penguin.
> Great!
>    I don't know what was wrong with the SYSLINUX
> configuration but I will keep my eyes peeled for an
> answer.
>    Somebody had mentioned creating a FAQ . While I am
> no document writer , I could probably put together
> alot of questions with relevant answers from the email
> archive. I'd rather not do this without the support of
> the list so please respond on this note.
> 
> Thanks 
> Tim
> 
> --- Tim Westbrook <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:32:48 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Tim Westbrook <[email protected]>
> > Subject: low "Low" dos memory error 
> > To: [email protected]
> > 
> > Hello,
> >    Peeweelinux rules!
> >    After choosing the FAT16 (compressed or
> > uncompressed) to build the 'minimal' project.
> > SYSLINUX
> > reports that I don't have enought low dos memory to
> > continue. 
> >    I am running a DOC that i had previously
> > successfully configured to boot with doc-lilo using
> > the MSYS instructions for a ext2 scheme.
> > 
> >    I tried playing with the free ramdisk section of
> > the hardware configuration page, but for lack of
> > expertise I failed miserably :-( . I also looked at
> > the generated syslinux.cfg , the only number i saw
> > in
> > the configation was ~11000. I suppose this is
> > calculated from the freespace requested in
> > pwl_config.
> >  
> >   Is this a bios problem?
> >   Is it possible to use doc-lilo instead of lilo to
> > configure my DOC?
> > 
> > 
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