> > > On the alpha front, I've seen/heard _nothing_ about boot/install stuff. Is > > > anything happening out there? If we're going to get a chance to get this > > > stuff done we need it _now_. Hi, Here is a diff to add the Alpha boot stuff to slink_cd. It creates all the boot files under the boot directory (one subdirectory for each subarch with milo, linload, and kernel, with aboot(bootlx) just under /boot). You can only boot from ARC/AlphaBIOS, or from SRM for SRM-only machines, but bisexual machines cannot be booted yet from SRM. This could be partially solved by adding later a generic 2.2 kernel bootable from srm (or if I succeed to boot MILO from aboot, which I would not be able to try before monday), or generating about 15 more kernels. To create the CD on a i386 machine, you need the isomarkboot program, I have compiled an i386 version I put on http://lhpca.univ-lyon1.fr/axp/isomarkboot.gz I will ask for the 990205 to be put in the archive in case I cannot generate a new one with the latest boot-floppies change (I won't be able to try this before sunday evening). Regards, Loic
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