Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:22:42 -0500 From: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testers wanted: Floppies round 2 Message-ID: <39B99126-7859-11D8-A48C-000A95AFA61E@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <200403171044.28946.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200403151650.51877.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <6.0.3.0.2.20040317114223.02301270@mail.messagingengine.com> <200403171044.28946.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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 Steph
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