On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 10:29:55AM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:13:05PM +0200, Ulrich Teichert wrote: > > > [TFTP booting on DECstattions] > > > > >But I agree, TFTP isn't really a problem except in uncommon circumstances. > > > > Yes, there are cases in which you can't. I have two 5k/240s which have PROM > > versions unfit for TFTP-booting. But mopd works ;-} > > I have created a minimal bootable CD for DECstations, using a harddisk > image with DELO. This contains no packages, just the loader and the > kernel with the initrd linked in. I intend to make it available next > week when I hopefully have my normal internet access again - currently > I have to use somebody else's phone line... This works because the Decstations prom interprets all medias as a stream of 512 byte blocks. Theoretically writing the same image to a dat tape should work too. The only problem with streaming medias like tftp or tape is that delo looking for a partition table in block 0 trys to seek there which does not work. Just loading an image should work just fine. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium
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