Bootloader problems & compiling for older kernels

[Tyler Aviss]

could you attach your grub.conf and lilo.conf files for us to have a peek at?

On 8/12/07, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I managed to acquire an ancient laptop in the last week for virtually
> nothing.  The specs:
>
> Make/Model: HyperBook 600 from Hyperdata
> CPU: Pentium - 75Mhz
> Ram: 24Mb
> Hdd: 510Mb
> Bios: AMIBIOS (1993)
>
>
> Part 1 - Bootloaders
>
> I've got Win95b and Basic Linux 3.5* loaded onto the hard drive, but I
> can't seem to get either lilo or grub working properly:
>
> - Lilo can load linux, can't find chain.b to load Win95.
> - Grub can load Win95, but not linux (Error 17 - Can't mount partition)
>
> I built a Grub boot floppy (which was used to install grub to the MBR)
> and that works perfectly fine.  All my googling about the Error 17
> problem suggests that Grub may not work properly with such an old Hdd
> and BIOS.
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for other bootloaders?
>
>
> Part 2 - Compiling
>
> Basic Linux is very tiny (designed specifically for old laptops) and
> doesn't have much in the way of packages.  IMO, it does an absolutely
> amazing job for fitting on two floppies.
>
> I'd like to compile some software for it using my development
> environment under Ubuntu Edgy.  Besides ensuring that I have the right
> libraries, is there anything I need to watch out for - particularly as
> far as kernel differences go?
>
> My Edgy is using a 2.6.17 kernel, and Basic Linux is using a 2.2.16 (IIRC).
>
> Thanks in advance!
> - Scott.
>
> * Basic Linux:
>   http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/
>
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