Re: new SMP kernel on the old Netra X1

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>]

On 9/5/25 05:20, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-09-05 at 05:07 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > > What's the output of "cat /proc/partitions"?
> >
> > Back on the wheezy provided kernel we see :
> >
> > nix# uname -a
> > Linux nix 3.2.0-4-sparc64 #1 Debian 3.2.78-1 sparc64 GNU/Linux
> > nix# cat /proc/partitions
> > major minor  #blocks  name
> >
> >      8       16   39082680 sdb
> >      8       17    2097152 sdb1
> >      8       18    4194304 sdb2
> >      8       19   39078112 sdb3
> >      8       20   32764567 sdb4
> >      8        0   39082680 sda
> >      8        1    1951897 sda1
> >      8        2    3903795 sda2
> >      8        3   39078112 sda3
> >      8        4   33222420 sda4
> > nix#
> >
> > Looks correct to me.
>
> You misunderstood me. You have to run this command from the initramfs
> prompt on the new kernel. The following thing you are seeing here is
> a shell prompt:
>
> /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> (initramfs)
>
> Type "cat /proc/partitions" here.

Oh ... well gee ... that will take a full cup of coffee to get
working again :)

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Dennis Clarke
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