On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 09:58:08PM +0100, Manea Mirko wrote: > Don't you know how to put a zImage kernel on a hfs formatted floppy > (like boot-floppy-hfs.img) ? > > I know oldworld ppc can read only vmlinux.coff style kernel.. but the > boot-floppy has a zImage kernel.. > I tried with a kernel from http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/debian-ppc-bugs.html > (ie http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/debs/vmlinux.coff-2.2.15), I do the > following in OF: > > 0 > setenv boot-device fd:vmlinux.coff > 0 > setenv boot-file root=/dev/sda3 (my root partition) > 0 > boot > > It starts loading (loader: loading XCOFF ...) but then (after > clearing .bss, done..) it says CLAIM failed, and returns to OF. > > If I use: > > 0 > setenv boot-device /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ADPT,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0 > 0 > setenv boot-file /boot/vmlinux-2.2.18pre21 root=/dev/sda3 > > after typing boot the hd led blinks, but it says: > > DEFAULT CATCH!, code=FFF00300 at %SRR0: FF80B51C %SRR1: 0000B070 > > and it hangs! > > If the vmlinux.coff approach is correct, I'd like very much to have > a small kernel (with aha2940 and de4x5 ethernet card), but also I'd like > to know how to make a zImage kernel like boot-floppy-hfs.img... > > > Any ideas ??
I never had any luck with the floppy approach. It could be that I just never did try it with the right kernel. I recall it took quite a while to find one which worked. Now I've been compiling them, and have had better booting success. I will have to differ to the more knowledgable types on the list. I'm sure somebody out there has gotten a boot floppy to work. Mark -- -- mark at outlook dot net ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Outlook Technologies is in *no way* affiliated with Microsoft -- Corporation or their product Microsoft Outlook(r). -----------------------------------------------------------------
