Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc3 won't boot on alpha (fwd)
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.
I *could* use bootp I suppose, but that would require a tftp service someplace - suppose that's not so hard.
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 already boot without using an initrd image, so that's all kinda taken care of already I guess :).
...tom
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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