>
> This weekend I had an opportunity to get some work done on the DECstation
> port. Admittedly I haven't gotten too terribly far, but I've got basic
> boot code written. It is as yet untested, but I have written code to
> install the bootloader onto the scsi device, and I have gotten a start on
> the bootloader itself.
>
Good work!
> Does anybody out there with a DEC 3100 or 5000 have the ability to test
> this stuff? It is a little bit difficult for me at the moment because I
> need to swap drives around all of the time to test things. I'm quite
> willing to work on writing the code if someone can test it easily for
> me. Once things get a bit further along and we know that it is working
> somewhat reasonably well, I'll be a bit more willing to spend half an
> hour at a shot to test a change :-)
>
Yes, please contact Simon Greaves <censjg@caledonia.hw.ac.uk>.
Today he wrote:
> >So... Is there anything I can do ?
>
> Just keep me informed of the status of Linux for MIPS R3000 (ie DECstation
> 5000 series).
>
> Might be able to offer some help with the port, depending on what needs done
> etc.
> Also, what I would like to do is to have the bootloader recognize an ext2
> partition as opposed to a ufs partition (or possibly xiafs). There are a
> number of reasons for this. Is anyone opposed?
>
No, I would prefer to use the ext2fs on a DEC too if I had such
a box. It's the standard Linux fs, and actually quite necessary!
Cheers,
Andy
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