new SMP kernel on the old Netra X1
Good luck :
nix#
nix# ls -la
total 56819
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 4 21:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Sep 3 21:25 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep 3 14:47 boot -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 88825 Mar 9 2016 config-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 201244 Aug 28 08:07 config-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Sep 3 14:47 etc -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 19 2012 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 19 2012 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 19 2012 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 692 Aug 19 2012 ieee32.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 4 21:33 initrd.img ->
./initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10112340 Sep 3 14:47 initrd.img-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21091962 Sep 4 21:23 initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7040 Aug 19 2012 isofs.b
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Sep 3 14:06 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Sep 3 14:47 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 53248 Sep 3 14:47 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 172 Sep 3 14:47 silo.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50994 Aug 19 2012 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1583478 Mar 9 2016 System.map-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 Aug 28 08:07 System.map-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 19 2012 ultra.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Sep 4 21:33 vmlinux ->
./vmlinux-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22375120 Aug 28 08:07 vmlinux-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2346441 Mar 9 2016 vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-sparc64
nix# cat silo.conf
root=/dev/sda4
partition=1
default=Linux
read-only
timeout=100
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd.img
image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
initrd=/initrd.img.old
nix#
nix:~# shutdown -hH now
Broadcast message from root@nix (ttyS0) (Thu Sep 4 21:35:58 2025):
The system is going down for system halt NOW!
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0
root@nix:~[info] Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 0.
[ ok ] Stopping IPv6 Recursive DNS Server discovery Daemon: rdnssd.
[ ok ] Stopping deferred execution scheduler: atd.
[ ok ] Stopping MTA: exim4_listener.
[ ok ] Asking all remaining processes to terminate...done.
[ ok ] All processes ended within 1 seconds...done.
[ ok ] Stopping enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd.
[ ok ] Stopping NFS common utilities: idmapd statd.
[info] Saving the system clock.
[info] Hardware Clock updated to Thu Sep 4 21:36:01 EDT 2025.
[....] Stopping rpcbind daemon...rpcbind: rpcbind terminating on signal.
Restart with "rpcbind -w"
. ok
[ ok ] Deconfiguring network interfaces...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting temporary filesystems...done.
[ ok ] Deactivating swap...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting weak filesystems...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting local filesystems...done.
[110526.120794] EXT4-fs (sda4): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[info] Will now halt.
[110528.454602] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[110528.523759] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Stopping disk
[110528.580413] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[110528.659167] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
[110528.715798] System halted.
Program terminated
ok
ok
ok boot /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.14
boot:
Allocated 64 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Cannot find /vmlinuz (error: 4294967295)
Image not found.... try again
boot:
yep .. dead in the water.
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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
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