mtd lilo

Tim Riker Tim at Rikers.org
Tue Aug 7 14:15:33 EDT 2001


hmmm.

Can the FAQ get updated?

ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/people/dwmw2/mtd/cvs/mtd/mtd-jffs-HOWTO.txt

The DOC section says to use nftl_format

David Woodhouse wrote:
> 
> dpathirana at sri.crossvue.com said:
> >  I formatted it with the nftl_format, how does this affect lilo?? How
> > can I figure out if it's still there??
> 
> You probably removed the BIOS completely then. You can't use LILO without a
> BIOS to provide INT 13h functionality.
> 
> Reformat the DiskOnChip with the DFORMAT utility, and you should get the
> BIOS back. You shouldn't need to use nftl_format - I'm severely tempted to
> remove it from CVS.
> 
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