From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 14:07:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6C6316A558 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:07:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 941AD43D2F for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:07:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 30360 invoked from network); 17 Mar 2004 22:07:16 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Mar 2004 22:07:16 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2HM7629072819; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:07:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: "Stephane E. Potvin" Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:08:44 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200403151650.51877.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200403171044.28946.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <39B99126-7859-11D8-A48C-000A95AFA61E@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <39B99126-7859-11D8-A48C-000A95AFA61E@videotron.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403171708.44158.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testers wanted: Floppies round 2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:07:19 -0000 On Wednesday 17 March 2004 04:22 pm, Stephane E. Potvin wrote: > On 17-Mar-04, at 10:44 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 March 2004 07:44 pm, Rob B wrote: > >> At 08:50 AM 16/03/2004, John Baldwin wrote: > >>> Ok, I think I've fixed the bug in bsdlabel that prevented it from > >>> making > >>> bootable floppy images for Alpha and I've built a new set of boot > >>> floppies > >>> via a cross-release. You can find them at > >>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/floppies/alpha/ I'd appreciate it if > >>> someone > >>> could test them to make sure they work ok. Thanks. > >> > >> So far, the system boots off the boot disk, and then the loader sits > >> there > >> with an error message: > >> > >> "can't load /kernel" > >> > >> So I put in the kern1.flp disk, type "load /kernel?, and the loader > >> still > >> says "can't load /kernel" > > > > Ok, I haven't had a chance to test splitfs support on Alpha. If > > someone feels > > up to the task, here's some simple steps to take to start with: > > > > 1) mdconfig and mount boot.flp image > > > > # cd /mnt/ > > # echo "This is test 1" > test1 > > # echo "This is test 2" > test2 > > # echo "This is test 3" > test3 > > # gzip -9 test1 > > # mv test2 test2.aa > > # echo "test2.aa Boot" > test2.split > > # gzip -9 test3 > > # mv test3.gz test3.gz.aa > > # echo "test3.gz.aa Boot" > test3.gz.split > > > > 2) Unmount and detach md0, then dd it to a floppy > > > > 3) Boot up the system, let it fail to find the kernel, then to 'more' > > all 3 > > test files to make sure they look correct, i.e.: > > > > ok more /test1 > > This is test 1 > > ok more /test2 > > This is test 2 > > ok more /test3 > > This is test 3 > > > > Then let me know if it worked. > > I tried it and got the following result: > > OK more test1 > *** FILE test1 BEGIN *** > This is test 1 > *** FILE test1 END *** > OK more test2 > *** FILE test2 BEGIN *** > can't open 'test2': no such file or directory > error showing test2 > OK more test3 > *** FILE test3 BEGIN *** > can't open 'test3': no such file or directory > error showing test3 > OK Ok, so splitfs doesn't work on Alpha at all. Ah, bah! I know what to fix. Thanks for doing this quick test, I should have working floppies in a day or two. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org