Re: alpha-kernel 2.4.18
Linus Gasser wrote:
Hi,
am I right that the alpha-kernel-binary 2.4.18 doesn't have the 'legacy
start-address' thingy? And that it's normal I can't use it with my completly
outdated MILO? And that I have to compile it on my own?
Ineiti
I havn't checked it recently (last 3-4 weeks) but it didn't have the
"legacy" support compiled in when I tried it. I definately had to
re-compile to change this option. You can check the config file to find
out.
The outdated milo is more "iffy"... I am using the milo version
2.0.36c7b and it will start to load it just fine. It fails when it
tries to start up the scsi controller driver code (which fails some
built-in tests) then disconnects the scsi controller and then does a
kernel panic because it cannot find a "root" partition to mount. My
scsi controller is a NCR 810a. Paul Slootman reports it boots just fine
off a QLogic scsi controller and a 2.0.35 series milo. Depending on
your hardware, it might boot... or it might not with the "outdated"
milo. My problem (that I cannot seem to get past) is almost certainly
in the kernel code for my scsi controller and not in milo.
Be advised it uses the initrd.img for boot so you have to pass it the
proper argument(s)... "boot sd3:vmlinuz root=/dev/sd3
initrd=/initrd.img" for example. You might also have to declare your
ramdisk size to be 8192K... if your milo was compiled to initialize it
to a smaller size. I recall the initrd.img file was around 4500K in
size... a bit larger than the 4096K "default" on some milos.
People using the SRM console seem to be booting it just fine, so if you
have a SRM console available, use it!
Cheers & Good Luck!
-Don Spoon-
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