On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 11:06:58PM +0000, The Fungi wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:55:22PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > By looking at it - is there a reason why we provide mop images ? I
> > thought mopd is able to boot/serv elf ? Wouldnt it be easier to let it also
> > boot/serv ecoff ?
>
> Last I checked, the mopd package in Debian was inches from being
> orphaned. There is a wishlist bug asking to incorporate a few
> patches that are a rev out of date to, among other things, provide
> the correct byte order to boot DECstations. I compiled from the
> NetBSD source and patches and was able to mop boot my 5000/240, but
> I didn't have time to update said patches to the version of mopd
> source in Debian--looked somewhat involved. I believe I still have
> the patches on hand if anyone else wants to take up the banner and
> can't locate them. Took me a bit of hunting...
The problem with mopd is that there is no real upstream - There are
hundrets of version + hundrets of patches floating around.
The mopd of marciej is a good base to start with and probably make
a new debian package.
Flo
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