Re: DECstation bootloader

[bjorn.ramqvist@notes.sema.se]

I don't know how different the VAX-architectures bootproms are from the
DECstations, but
Linux/VAX already has  a bootloader running (If I haven't got all this wrong).
Check out http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/~atp/linux-vax/

Perhaps we could get some ideas from him?
(Linux/VAX is also a very interesting port, IMHO.) :-)

     /Regards, Bjorn





K.H.C.vanHouten@research.kpn.com (Karel van Houten) on 99-03-29 18:02:52

Please respond to linux-mips@fnet.fr

To:   linux-mips@fnet.fr
cc:   K.H.C.vanHouten@research.kpn.com (Houten K.H.C. van ) (bcc: Björn
      Ramqvist/OER/Sema Group/SE)
Subject:  Re: DECstation bootloader


Harald Koerfgen wrote:

I don't know more about ext2fs, but I think an approach like silo for
sparclinux should be possible.

<snip>

As an alternative, I'm trying to compile the netbsd loaders under linux.

Regards,
Karel.