boot-floppies status
L.S.
I think the code currently in the potato CVS tree should be consistent and
relatively functional now. At least, you should be able to say `make release'
and get some binaries out. Some notes:
- you need 2.2.18-rmk1 kernel-images available for both riscpc and netwinder.
- for riscpc, you need the new console-data package from my directory on inkvine
- the NetWinder won't boot with these images. I refuse to include NFS-root
support in kernel-image just to pander to NeTTrom's feature-paucity; we will
have to come up with some kind of kernel post-futzing utility to splice in an
initrd, the same way the CATS does it. Which, in fact, should allow us to
demote tulip.o back to module status (hurrah!)
- the CATS won't install a bootable kernel during the first stage. The
`catsboot' program that would allow this depends on GNU ld, which is a bit on
the large side to ship in root.bin. So it needs rewriting as a standalone
program, rather than a script. This shouldn't be disaster as you can boot
from the install kernel again with a different `root=' argument.
- riscpc status is completely unknown
- shark isn't really supported at all; same for other platforms
- err...
- that's it
Share and enjoy.
p.
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