Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:44:28 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Testers wanted: Floppies round 2 Message-ID: <200403171044.28946.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.2.20040317114223.02301270@mail.messagingengine.com> References: <200403151650.51877.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <6.0.3.0.2.20040317114223.02301270@mail.messagingengine.com>
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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. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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