Alpha boot-foppies successes and failures cvs-2001-08-03

[Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Hi,

I build a set of bootfloppies yesterday from cvs (cvs-2001-08-03) on
Alpha/sid.

I run across the already mentioned problems so I won't elaborate on them:

- sysvinit (workaround by Falk Hueffner)
- library reduction (root.bin is a bit to big)
- Configuring modules segfaults
- installing base segfaults and gives return value 139

Now, what did work and what didn't thats new:

1) The tfpboot.img is not build but is later copied

===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.374
diff -r1.374 Makefile
141a142
>       ./tftpboot.sh linuxgeneric root.bin tftpboot.img
Index: common.sh
===================================================================

2) The driver disks are called "driver${subarch}" and not
   "driveralpha_${subarch}" and the root is calkles root.bin and not
   root.tar.gz

===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/release.sh,v
retrieving revision 1.111
diff -r1.111 release.sh
864c864
<         mv $release/driversalpha_${subarch}.tgz \
---
>         mv $release/drivers${subarch}.tgz \
866,867c866,867
<         cp linuxalpha_${subarch} $targetdir/linux
<         for drvdisc in $release/images-1.44/driveralpha_${subarch}-?.bin
---
>         cp linux${subarch} $targetdir/linux
>         for drvdisc in $release/images-1.44/driver${subarch}-?.bin
869c869
<             drv_number=`echo $drvdisc|sed "s/.*driveralpha_${subarch}-\([1-9]\
).bin/\1/"`
---
>             drv_number=`echo $drvdisc|sed "s/.*driver${subarch}-\([1-9]\).bin/
\1/"`
886c886
<   cp root.tar.gz $release/
---
>   cp root.bin $release/
902c902
<       images-1.44 linux tftpboot.img root.tar.gz *.tgz)
---
>       images-1.44 linux tftpboot.img root.bin *.tgz)
Index: sources.list
===================================================================

3) The milo and apb files where not downloaded. I downloaded the new
milos from SuSe and linked them accordingly. I didn't see a ldmilo.exe
and linload.exe, so I used the potato version. Not sure if that will
work. I haven't actualy tried the milos yet but used my old one.

4) When installing files via NFS it doesn't work to list possible
dirs, one has to specify the correct dir manually. Also the /instmnt
is still there and still confusing.

5) Installing base does not cope with /proc being mounted already

6) How do I format the DOS partition needed for milo?

7) I created a new DOS partition and I have one with my current milo
on it, but still the install told me that I have no DOS partiton so I
can't make the system bootable.



I have a Ruffian system and I'm one of those hit with network
problems. Does anyone know if the docs say how to cope with it? What
to try to make it work, what boot paramter to use to use de4x5 instead
of tulip? If not we should add that. I can write something up if
someone corrects the grammar and spelling.

MfG
        Goswin