FW: New boot floppies for potato! COMPAQ PLEASE !!!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrej Todosic [mailto:atodosic@ubisoft.qc.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 3:42 PM
> To: debian-testing@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: New boot floppies for potato! COMPAQ PLEASE !!!!
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> hello ,
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> i just took down the new boot floppies 2.2.0
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> here are the comments:
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> 1. the kernel still doesnt have built in support for smart
> array , i had to
> use my own kernel. ( you cant boot off of the array without that ! )
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> 2. the root.bin filesystem doesnt have /dev/ida nods and i
> have to make them
> , then manually partition the system etc. etc.
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> 3. the install script doesnt see the partition untill i mount them .
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>
> even after i do the base install of the system i have a lilo
> problem ( only
> redhats lilo is patched for compaq array). But thats another story.
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> the nods for the cpq array can be made using a script mkdev.ida in
> kernel/src/Documentaion for 2.2.12
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> Can these things please please be fixed so i dont have to fiddle with
> redhats lilo and my personally screwed up fixes to the boot
> floppies in
> order to install debian on my smart array ?
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> Comments ? Ideas ?
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