I raised the same question two months ago, without
getting a response. Glad to see a solution was found.
The problem with loadlin is that the initrd size is
too big for it's predefined memory map size. Every
time the limit is reached, someone has patched loadlin
(that's the difference with the latest patches).
I needed it because where I worked (note, past tense),
we used a dos cd to install either Redhat AS4, Fedora
Core4, WinXP, Win2k3 server, etc. I wanted to add
Suse 9.3 to the mix, but there was no easy way to do
it.
Tobin
--- Dennis Peere
Try syslinux instead of loadlin. That is what the original CDs use (isolinux, actually, but that should not matter). Also, check $CD1/boot/loader/isolinux.cfg for the correct ram disk size. In some products, it is bigger than 65536.
Problem solved ! It seems the linux (kernel) was corrupted on my harddrive. After I had seen that it had a different size than the original one, I copied it again from CD 1. The installation seems to work with linld.com if you start it with the following command linld.com image=linux initrd=initrd "cl=install=hd://suse/nld/cd1 autoyast=file:///mounts/extra/autoinst.xml"
The only difference in the installation is that I don't have a graphical installation... who cares :)
This still means that the loadlin delivered on CD1 of NLD 9 can't be used anymore... http://195.66.192.168/linux/linld/ is the answer
Dennis Peere
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