RE: new installation disks
Guenter Geiger writes:
> Sounds good ..
>
> Can you tell me which patches you used for the installation kernels, exactely ?
> (alpha-patch-0.2 ... pre?? ...)
I used the:
alpha-patches-2.0.35-0.2.gz
from gatekeeper
Upgraded with the 0.90 tulip driver which solved some bad autonegotiation
problem (in particular, the previous versions were not working as is
on Miata).
>From the kernel-patch package:
misc.diff.gz (to compile with -O)
deb-reverse-2.0.35.diff.gz (implicit)
I think that the alpha-patches-2.0.35-0.2.gz take care of the
alpha-dma.diff.gz patch and alpha-patches-wo-tulip-2.0.35.diff.gz
I have not applied 2.0.36-pre-patch-12.gz, not sure it it applies
cleanly with alpha-patches-2.0.35-0.2.gz (not tried)
As for the kernel configuration, I started from the intel
configuration for generic things (but compiling in the kernel the
network module and nfs, instead of modules), for drivers I tried
to do a merge between the old kernel configs available in the set
from October 1997, and the configuration used in the kernels on
gatekeeper. The precise way I generate the .config is on my web page.
> Are you planning to make a automated MILO install (if this is
> possible) ?
I cannot promise anything soon, I guess we need a specific Alpha
step in the install program to create a fat partition for MILO.
Then initializing MILO should be straightforward.
> BTW. Quite good installation instructions ... to reduce confusion I
> would suggest them to be
> included in the Nano.HOWTO (or at least keep the two close in sync,
> somehow)
Yes sure, I think it is best to have only one document.
Loic
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