Re: debian-installer alpha support patch

ert Xu posts about a month ago. The trouble is that debian comes with kernel, where floppy disk support is put into module. FVR> And there it sits. FVR> The initrd is just /initrd.gz on an ext2 floppy, but ext2 should work just FVR> as fine as vfat AFAIK. I'm not sure what the problem

Re: working on the Alpha port

>>>>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 15:11:44 +1100 >>>>> "HX" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HX> HX> Sorry, that patch is broken. Please try this one instead. Not sure I will have a chance soon :( Could not be said, this is completely

Re: working on the Alpha port

not valid halt PC = 2 >>> A debug print I' have added right after getline(0,0) does not appear on console, and this is very strange. Even may be system does not expect floppy change at the moment of "Please insert the floppy disk with the INITRD image.", because

Re: working on the Alpha port

n alpha, so I can't DW> test my changes directly, but I'll have a look at the source and see DW> if I can come up with something to shave off a 100k or so. Would DW> that be enough, or would you need even further shaving? make build reports me Initrd size: 790k This le

Re: working on the Alpha port

>>>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:23:27 +1100 >>>>> "HX" == Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HX> HX> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 05:12:06PM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov wrote: >> >>>>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:24:25 +0100

Re: working on the Alpha port

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:24:25 +0100 >>>>> "ML" == Mario Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ML> ML> Alexander Kotelnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I have faced a problem with booting from two disks. The trouble seems >>

Re: working on the Alpha port

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 09:34:36 + >>>>> "RH" == Richard Hirst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: RH> RH> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:52:18AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 05:31:41AM +0300, Alexander Kotelnikov

Re: working on the Alpha port

ghtly current i386 is about 650K, alpha ~ 930K. The smallest working alpha kernel I have created was 830K. This leaves ~600K for a compressed initrd.img. This is not enough, also. -- Alexander Kotelnikov Saint-Petersburg, Russia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: loading the initrd

ch is what boot-floppies pass to the ML> I think you need /dev/floppy/0, since we're using devfs. This have not helpep me either. -- Alexander Kotelnikov Saint-Petersburg, Russia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: working on the Alpha port

n file /var/lib/cdebconf/questions.dat Cannot open template file /var/lib/cdebconf/templates.dat These file are just not installed. The fix should be trivial, so I can conclude, that the base for alpha is done. -- Alexander Kotelnikov Saint-Petersburg, Russia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]