| To: | Bryan Manternach <smash@sgi.com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Kernel boot tips. |
| From: | Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Jul 2000 00:59:54 +0200 |
| Cc: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>, "J. Scott Kasten" <jsk@tetracon-eng.net>, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu |
| In-reply-to: | <3968FDE8.3443ED5@sgi.com>; from smash@sgi.com on Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 03:34:17PM -0700 |
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| Sender: | flo@rfc822.org |
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On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 03:34:17PM -0700, Bryan Manternach wrote:
> A fourth means is to change the nvram to boot the file you want.
> Leave /unix there,and call your linux kernel something like /linux2.2.0
> and change the "kernname" nvram.
>
> kernname=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)/unix
> becomes
The problem with the nvram vars is the non-availability on
the Indigo2 which is not capable of storing arbitrary vars
or arbitrary content in existing vars.
I would prefer a "SILO" the Sparc Linux LOader which is capable
of reading an ext2 filesystem, getting its config from there
and loading the kernel from an ext2.
Flo
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Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912
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