Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha (fwd)
Tom Evans wrote:
> I was trying to boot 2.6.23-rc1 a few weeks ago. Asked about the newer
> binutils - thought that may have been the reason it failing.
>
> Glad you hit the kml instead and found an answer (and glad I wasn't the
> only person seeing a problem with the 2.6.23-rcX series).
> It wasn't a binutils issue, but that the stock aboot is misguided.
>
> I'd also be willing to test a patched aboot.
If you can't wait for that, you can always use BOOTP, which bypasses
aboot entirely... :-)
Just:
make boot
make bootpzfile
scp arch/alpha/boot/bootpzfile someplace:/tftpboot
However, your config prolly would need to change, to build in most
of the stuff that's now loaded from INITRD, although that can be
accomplished as well via some trickery... ;-}
Good luck.
--Jay++
> ...tom
>
> Bob Tracy wrote:
>> I originally posted to linux-kernel w.r.t. 2.6.23-rcX not booting:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, I can't say where the bug was introduced, as this is
>>> the first kernel I've tried on my Alpha since 2.6.22-rc7. Best guess
>>> is somewhere between .23-rc1 and .23-rc2, based on changes to files in
>>> arch/alpha/boot in that patch set. The problem happens early: aboot
>>> starts to load vmlinux.gz, and I get an "unzip: invalid exec header"
>>> error. There's an earlier error from aboot I can't quote exactly, but
>>> the template from aboot (bootlx) is:
>>>
>>> aboot: Can't load kernel.
>>> Memory at %lx - %lx (chunk %i) is %s
>>>
>>> The first %lx is 0. The last %lx is all "f"s. The chunk
>>> number is 1, and I *think* the %s is "busy".
>>>
>>
>> The posted reply was:
>>
>>> try http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/259
>>>
>>
>> As it turns out, the problem was actually introduced with 2.6.23-rc1:
>> 2.6.22 works fine.
>>
>> The l-k people say aboot needs a patch. Question to Steve L. et al: is
>> a patch in the works? Would you like a motivated tester? :-) The patch
>> supplied at the above URL doesn't apply cleanly to the current Debian
>> aboot-0.9b-3 source tree.
>>
>>
>
>
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