Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 11:42:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov Cc: terry@lambert.org, imp@village.org, kegrotla@korrnet.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 57SLC Message-ID: <199611271842.LAA27993@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199611270437.UAA24295@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> from "Jason Thorpe" at Nov 26, 96 08:37:02 pm
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> > I have *some* code, mostly from Jeffrey Hsu and NetBSD, for the DEC
> > Alpha. Jeffrey did the port of the NetBSD code, with CGD, to the
> > PPC platform. I have FreeBSD's timer code, console code, interrupt
***
PCI
> > code, and a non-working VM ported over to the Alpha. The loaner
> > machines Jeffrey and I had were recalled. The port lives on mag
> > tape.
>
> So, to correct what you just said:
>
> - Jeff Hsu did some NetBSD/alpha work; the initial AXPpci
> support.
Yes, I switched "PPC" and "PCI" in my head... sorry about that...
> > I have an HP 300 (well, not strictly true; it's a 68040) that I bought
> > to hack on a port for the 680x0. I have not done anything with it
> > because NetBSD will not load (it can't disklabel a SCSI disk).
>
> Let's not be misleading. There's a bug in the standalone program that
> writes miniroots to disk. NetBSD/hp300 can disklabel SCSI disks. You
> do have other options for installing NetBSD on your hp300, like network
> booting.
I have a broken back, and can't lug the monitor to work, so I currently
have no other options. Give me another several months, and I might have
an option or two...
I was talking to another person with a SCSI disk that wouldn't SYS_INST;
is there any possibility of providing a 100M system image that could be
dd'ed on from HP/UX, and then booted, and then expand the disklabel to
reflect the actual disk size, and install any optional stuff at that time?
Sort of a miniroot image with a default / size of 100M assumed?
Regards,
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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