Hello guys,
I got my Indy up and running now. My very first project would be
to work on the Linux boot loader.
I just happily found that there are two disks on the machine, so I
will smash the second one with my boot loader tests.
Now, where can I find information about the boot process on the
SGI? I want to know what does the PROM load from the disk (I bet it
loads the first sectors and jumps to them, right?), and where the code
is loaded.
I happilly found that a program called Insight Library comes with
the system and has a lot of information on using the PROM, which is
what I am reading now to find out any debugging facilities in there.
Some time ago, (maybe Larry or Ariel) mentioned that it would be
possible to get me a copy of the boot loader for Irix.
Cheers,
Miguel.
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