Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha (fwd)
Thomas Evans wrote:
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> i don't need any of the 2.6.23 functionality - I was just really trying the 2.6.23 kernel to
> make sure nothing major was broken with it.
Seems OK on the few machines I've tried: LX164, ES45, AS1200.
I'm interested in the CFS stuff, see if it makes any difference
in the feel of the desktop...
> I *could* use bootp I suppose, but that would require a tftp service
> someplace - suppose that's not so hard.
Well, there's no longer a simple BOOTP server, it's all been rolled
into the DHCP daemon, but it's not too hard to do, though it is
complicated if there's another DHCP server on the network... :-\
> I will probably just wait for an update, or find the newer aboot sources,
> or figure our how to
> remove the offending PT_NOTE entries if necessary.
I'd look at the newer sources:
http://aboot.sourceforge.net/tarballs/
I think the version that RTH made the patches against is there...
> I already boot without using an initrd image, so that's all kinda
> taken care of already I guess :).
Indeed... :-)
--Jay++
> ...tom
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> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:41:54 -0400, Jay Estabrook <jay.estabrook@hp.com> wrote:
>> 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++
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