Re: 5.3 Loader Too Fragile

2004-12-20 Thread Roger L. Beeman
I have done the binary search for the origin of the "desupport" of my 440LX dual CPU DEC Personal Workstation Station 333i+ with no IDE devices; CD and HD are SCSI on 2940U2W controller. Can someone explain how a module that is not built into my custom kernel can have the effect of blowing the l

Re: 5.3 Loader Too Fragile

2004-12-02 Thread Roger L. Beeman
First, thanks for your reply. My complaint about fragility was actually directed at the Loader's inability to usefully indicate what it was unable to deal with. I realize that there is precious little code space for elaborate error messages, but it's inability to keep the console directed at the s

Re: 5.3 Loader Too Fragile

2004-11-28 Thread Doug White
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Roger L. Beeman wrote: > Can someone help me build a hardwired version of the loader that will > let me boot my system? > > System is a 440LX dual CPU DEC Personal Workstation Station 333i+. > There are no IDE devices. CD and HD are SCSI on 2940U2W controller. > I saw in the c

5.3 Loader Too Fragile

2004-11-16 Thread Roger L. Beeman
Can someone help me build a hardwired version of the loader that will let me boot my system? System is a 440LX dual CPU DEC Personal Workstation Station 333i+. There are no IDE devices. CD and HD are SCSI on 2940U2W controller. I saw in the code that this is bad news if guessing is required. Coul